UCP 09-02-2, 085

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P136089

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136089.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(disz) x-[x]
1(disz) [x] udu# [x]
1(disz) sila4
a-bi2-si2-im#!-[ti]
u4 1(disz)-kam
ki in-ta-e3-a-ta
ba-zi
giri3 nanna-ma!-ba dub-sar
iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-[ke4] ma-da za-ab-sza-[li] mu-[hul]
6(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UCP 09-02-2, 085. 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 (P136089) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136089..

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