Position in chronology
Akkadica 135/1, 082-083 05
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P480069.
Transliteration
2(u) dusu kun-zi-da a-pi4-sal4-sze3 geme2 usz-bar-e dusu x x ib2?-il2? ki ku3-ga-ni-ta szesz#-saga# [szu] ba-ti mu amar-suen lugal szesz-[sa6-ga] dub-[sar] dumu lugal-gu3-[de2-a]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Akkadica 135/1, 082-083 05. 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: DMMA AA.TC.64 (Département des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France) — from Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P480069). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P480069..
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