Hermitage 3, 205

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211608

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211608.

Transliteration

3(disz) gu4 szu-esz18-dar dumu ab-ba-ti
2(disz) gu4 be-li2-na-pisz-ti sagi
2(disz) gu4 giri3 ur-tum-ma-al
1(disz) gu4 ur-dumu-zi-da
1(disz) gu4
lu2-dingir-ra dumu ARAD2-hul3-la
1(disz) gu4 giri3 lugal-he2-gal2
ki! en-lil2-la2-ta
ab-ba-sa6-ga
i3-dab5
mu amar-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 205. 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 (P211608) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211608..

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