Position in chronology
SACT 2, 076
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129033.
Transliteration
1(u) 2(disz) gurusz u4 7(disz)-sze3 ki-su7 a-sza3 nin-ur4-ra an-ne2-gar-ta guru7 a-pi4-sal4-sze3 sze ma2-a si-ga ma2 ba-al-la a-ra2 2(disz)-kam ugula lu2-szara2 kiszib3 lugal-he2-gal2 mu szu-suen lugal lugal-he2-[gal2] dub-sar dumu ur-nigar[]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 076. 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 (P129033) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129033..
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