AAICAB 1/2, pl. 103, 1937-058

~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248669

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248669.

Transliteration

3(barig) 2(ban2) sze lugal
lugal-inim-gi-na
2(barig) szu-dumu-zi
2(barig) ir-du10-ga
2(barig) 4(ban2) nam-tar-ra
[...]
[...]
iti dal
mu us2-sa amar-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 103, 1937-058. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y2 — Year after: Amar-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248669) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248669..

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