Position in chronology
Princeton 2, 313
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201312.
Transliteration
2(disz) udu niga siskur2 e2 ge6-par4-ra 2(disz) udu niga e2 na-na-a 2(disz) udu niga e2 nin-sun2 4(disz) udu niga 4(disz)-kam us2 siskur2 esz3 inanna 2(disz) udu niga e2 nin-szubur 1(disz) udu [...] ki [...] zi-ga giri3 nanna-igi-du iti ezem-an-na u4 2(u) 6(disz) ba-ra-zal sza3 unu-ga 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, 313. 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 (P201312) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201312..
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