Position in chronology
UCP 09-02-1, 022
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135926.
Transliteration
2(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2 TUG2 SZE.KIN ki e2-ta ga2 GAN2 x a-ra2 3(disz) 4(ban2) 1/2(disz) e2-ta 6(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2 gesz-ur3 a-ra2 4(disz) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta [a-sza3 igi]-e2-mah [ugula] a#-gu-gu kiszib3 a-kal-la mu szu-suen lugal lu2#?-kal-la dub-sar dumu ur-[e11-e szusz3]?
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UCP 09-02-1, 022. 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: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA (P135926) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135926..
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