Position in chronology
UET 3, 1593
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137919.
Transliteration
5(u) 1(disz) tug2 sag usz-bar tug2 mu-tuku5 mu-kux(DU) sa! gi4-gi4-de3 ki ur-szusz3-ba-ba6 sza13-dub-ba-ta ur-gigir lu2 azlag2 szu ba-an-ti sza3 ga-esz5 iti szu-esz5-sza mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 1593. 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 (P137919) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137919..
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