Princeton 2, 055

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P201053

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201053.

Transliteration

[...] ab2 mu [...]
1(u) 4(disz) sila4 ur4
2(gesz2) 9(disz) udu
4(u) 5(disz) masz2
kiszib3 da-da ensi2 kuara2
ugu2 ga2-ga2-de3
ki na-we-er-dingir-ta
ARAD2 szu ba-ti
giri3 lugal-amar-ku3
iti ezem-nin-a-zu
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 na-ru2-a-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 2, 055. 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: Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA (P201053) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201053..

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