Position in chronology
TMH NF 1-2, 258
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134569.
Transliteration
1(disz) sag nita2 ne-ra-asz ak#-am3 da-a-a lu2-bala-sa6-ga dumu NI-na-ba-ni-[ra?] in-na-ba nu-ur-ra gi4-gi4-da mu lugal in-pa3 igi ur-nigar[] igi e2-ur2-ni-du10 igi lugal-ezem mu szu-suen lugal da-a-a aga3-us2 lugal dumu kas-pu-sza
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 258. 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 (P134569) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134569..
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