CDLB 2012/002 §2.6

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P345967

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P345967.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4 ga
1(disz) kir11 ga
1(disz) masz2 ga
u3-tu-da
u4 3(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam
szul-gi-a-a-mu i3-dab5
iti szu-esz-sza
mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi-lum mu-hul
3(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLB 2012/002 §2.6. 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: Special Collections, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA (P345967) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P345967..

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