Position in chronology
TMH NF 1-2, 074
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134386.
Transliteration
5(asz) sze gur ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta mu-kux(DU) geme2-abzu-ke4 szu ba-ti iti gu4-si-su mu szu-suen lugal-am3 amar#-suen# nita kal-ga lugal uri5-ma [lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba] [...] [...] dumu [...] [ARAD2-zu]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 074. 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: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Germany (P134386) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134386..
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