Position in chronology
UET 3, 1359
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137684.
Transliteration
2(u) 4(asz) [...] nu-banda3 lu2-[...] 1(u) 8(asz) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur nu-banda3 ur-nig2 a2 buru14 la2-ia3 gurusz tab-ba-ne mu-ni-mah szu ba-an-ti sza3 szu-na-mu-gi4 giri3 du-du mu szu-suen# lugal uri5#[-ma-ke4] na-ru2#-[a mah en-lil2 nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3] mu-ni-mah dub-sar [dumu ur]-sza#-u18-sza#
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 1359. 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 (P137684) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137684..
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