Position in chronology
SACT 2, 024
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128981.
Transliteration
3(u) 4(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 e uku2-nu-ti szu ur3-ra a-da gub-ba 3(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 e a-sza3 a-ba-gal szu ur3-ra a-da gub-ba 8(disz) sar 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 e pisan szub-ba-ka sahar si-ga ugula lugal-nesag-e giri3 ur-lugal kiszib3 [en]-kas4 mu szu-suen lugal en-kas4 dub-sar dumu ur-isztaran
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 024. 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 (P128981) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128981..
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