Hermitage 3, 030

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211420

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211420.

Transliteration

6(disz) sila3 kasz x
4(disz) sila3 ninda 8(disz) gin2 i3-gesz
sa2-du11 u4 2(disz)-kam
nam-zi-tar-ra
lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal
6(disz) sila3 kasz 4(disz) sila3 ninda
8(disz) gin2 i3-gesz
sa2-du11 u4 2(disz)-kam
szu-iszkur lu2 tukul
iti ezem-sze-il2?-la?
mu amar#-suen lugal uri5#-ma-ke4 [gu-za ]en#-lil2-la2# [mu]-dim2#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 030. 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 (P211420) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211420..

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