Tavolette 265

~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P132050

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P132050.

Transliteration

1(disz) amar si2-si2-munus ga
4(disz) masz2 ga a-dara4
7(disz) asz2-gar3 ga a-dara4
u3-tu-da
sza3 na-gab2-tum-ma
lu2-dingir-ra i3-dab5
u4 4(disz)-[kam]
iti masz-da3-gu7
mu us2-[sa amar-]suen lugal
1(u) 2(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Tavolette 265. 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: Museo di Antichità di Torino, Turin, Italy (P132050) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P132050..

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