Position in chronology
Princeton 2, 115
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201113.
Transliteration
1(disz) [...] [siskur2 ...] giri3 [a-hu]-ni sagi u4 1(u)-kam ki du-u2-du-ta ba-zi iti ezem-szul-gi mu szu-suen lugal-e 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, 115. 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 (P201113) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201113..
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