AUCT 1, 797

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103642

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103642.

Transliteration

4(disz) tug2 lugal-gu4-e nu-banda3-gu4
2(disz) tug2 aga3-us2 szesz-tab-ba
6(disz) tug2 engar
ugula lugal-gu4-e
tug2#? ha-la-a
giri3 ur-ge6-par4
u3 lu2-nam2#?-an-ka
iti szu-numun
mu amar-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 797. 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: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P103642) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103642..

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