UET 3, 0357

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P136678

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136678.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(u) ma-na uruda
szesz-kal-la
1(u) ma-na ur-da-mu
1(u) ma-na ur-nin-gubalag
1(u) ma-na da-a-a
1(u) ma-na ARAD2-da-na
1(u) ma-na inim-szara2
szunigin 1(asz) gu2 uruda
e2-kiszib3-ba ki-tusz e2 gigir
simug-ne szu ba-an-ti-esz2
iti ezem-nin-a-zu u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam
mu szu-suen
lugal uri5-ma-ke4
e2 szara2 umma-ka mu-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0357. 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: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P136678) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136678..

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