LB 0115

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P388670

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P388670.

Transliteration

4(barig) munu4 lugal sze-bi#?
masz-bi 2(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3
ki# lu2-ba-ba6-ta
nam-mah
szu ba-ti
su-su#-dam
[iti] ezem li9-si4-na
mu# szu-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — LB 0115. 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: de Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, Holland (P388670) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P388670..

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