NRVN 1, 089

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P122303

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P122303.

Transliteration

6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
masz2 5(disz) gin2 1(disz) gin2-ta
ki ur-szul-pa-e3-ta
puzur4-en-lil2
szu ba-ti
igi en-lil2-mas-su2
1(disz) ur-mes
1(disz) lu2-sa6-ga
lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
iti ab-e3
mu szu-suen lugal-e na-ru2-a-mah mu-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NRVN 1, 089. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y1 — Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Ist Ni 00222 (cast: CBS 09706 ?) (Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey) — from Nippur (mod. Nuffar) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P122303). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P122303..

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