Position in chronology
SACT 2, 001
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128958.
Transliteration
4(gesz2) 1/2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 kab2-ku5 i7 sal4-la-ka giri3-da si-ga ugula a-kal-la kiszib3 da-da-ga iti li9-si4 mu szu-suen lugal da-da-ga dub-sar dumu ur-nigar szusz3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 001. 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: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P128958) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128958..
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