Hermitage 3, 193

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211603

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211603.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4 nin-urta
mu-kux(DU) ensi2 gir2-su
zabar-dab5 maszkim
1(disz) gu4 3(disz) ab2
8(disz) udu 1(u) 1(disz) u8
4(disz) masz2 7(disz) ud5
szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim-sze3
u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam
ki na-sa6-ta
ba-zi
iti ses-da-gu7
mu amar-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 193. 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 (P211603) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211603..

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