Position in chronology
SACT 2, 083
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129040.
Transliteration
1(gesz2) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 e2-udu-sze3 gi-zi ga6-ga2 ugula lugal-iti-da kiszib3 i-szar-ru-um mu [szu]-suen lugal-e en-lil2-la2 nin-lil2 na-ru2-a-mah gal mu-ne-du3 i-szar-ru-um dub-[sar] dumu ur-en-lil2-la2?
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 083. 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 (P129040) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129040..
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