AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 365

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P330434

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330434.

Transliteration

4(disz) gu4 niga saga
4(disz) ab2 mu 2(asz) niga mu gu4 niga saga 2(disz)-a-sze3
masz2-da-ra2-a lugal
a-ra2 3(disz@t)-kam
sza3 uri5-ma
2(disz) gu4 niga saga
masz2-da-ra2-a lugal-e aga3 szu ti-a
ki kas4-ta
kiszib3 ensi2
mu amar-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 365. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y1 — Amar-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P330434) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330434..

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