Position in chronology
TMH NF 1-2, 152
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134463.
Transliteration
3(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) sze gur sze-ba geme2 IL2-sze3 ki lu2-uru11-ta lugal-a2-zi-da szu ba-ti kiszib3 en-engar iti apin-du8-a mu szu-suen lugal-e na-ru2-a-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2-ra mu#-ne-du3 en-engar dub-sar dumu szu-[ma-ma] ARAD2 [en-lil2-la2]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 152. 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 (P134463) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134463..
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