NYPL 070

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P122606

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P122606.

Transliteration

2(barig) 3(ban2) zi3-gu
ba-saga
ki lugal-dingir-ra-ta
kiszib3 ensi2
iti e2-iti-6(disz)
mu szu-suen lugal
szu-suen
lugal kal-ga
lugal uri5-ma
lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
a-a-kal-la
ensi2
umma
ARAD2-zu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NYPL 070. 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: New York Public Library, New York, New York, USA (P122606) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P122606..

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