AUCT 2, 338

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104156

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104156.

Transliteration

2(disz) udu niga
u4 7(disz)-kam
1(disz) gu4 niga 1(disz) gu4
[...] niga mu mu-du-lum-sze3
u4 8(disz)-kam
2(disz) udu niga 1(disz) sila4
u4 1(u) la2 1(disz)-[kam]
[ki] na-sa6#-[ta]
a-hu-ni [i3-dab5]
iti ezem-nin-a-zu
mu amar-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 338. 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 (P104156) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104156..

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