Position in chronology
RSO 83, 347 22
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P421775.
Transliteration
2(disz) udu ki kur-bi-la-ak#-ta du11-ga i3-dab5 kiszib3 ur-mes u4 1(u) 8(disz)-kam iti diri sze-sag11-ku5 mu szu-suen lugal ur-mes dumu la-na kuruszda
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — RSO 83, 347 22. 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: American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA (P421775) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P421775..
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