Hermitage 3, 024

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211928

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211928.

Transliteration

4(u) 8(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
u4 tusz-a geme2 kikken2
a2 sag-nig2-gur11-ra-ta
zi-ga szu-a-gi-na u3-ub-ta-zi
ib2-tak4 BA u4 tusz-a he2-eb2-de6
ki pu3-lu5-lu5-ta ba-zi
mu amar-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 024. 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: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P211928) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211928..

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