Position in chronology
SANTAG 6, 225
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211519.
Transliteration
6(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 dabin igi-kar2 ur-nigar ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta kiszib3 ensi2 iti dumu-zi mu szu-suen lugal [szu-suen] lugal kal-ga lugal uri5-ma lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba [a-a-kal-la] ensi2 umma ARAD2-zu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 225. 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: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P211519) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211519..
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