Position in chronology
SACT 2, 090
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129047.
Transliteration
8(disz) gurusz u4 7(disz)-sze3 umma-ta e2-sag-te-na-sze3 ma2 zi3-da gid2-da u4 3(disz)-sze3 ma2 ba-al-la u4 2(disz)-sze3 ka-sahar-sze3 ma2 su gid2-da u4 3(disz)-sze3 umma-sze3 ma2 diri-ga ugula ur-saga kiszib3 hu-wa-wa iti szu-numun-na mu szu-suen lugal lu2-eb-gal dub-sar dumu ur-ge6-par4 gudu4 inanna
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 090. 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 (P129047) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129047..
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