Position in chronology
SACT 2, 203
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129160.
Transliteration
1(u) 7(disz) ma-sim zi3-gu 7(disz) ma-sim dabin 1(u) 7(disz) su7-su7 3(u) gur nag 2(disz) gur x 2(disz) kid ba-ba?-x kin esir2 su-ba 3(disz) szer7-um ki-la2-bi 1(disz) sar ki ba-za-ta kiszib3 lugal-e2-mah-e mu szu-suen lugal lugal-e2-mah-e dub-sar dumu lugal-ku3-ga-ni
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 203. 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 (P129160) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129160..
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