HLC 075 (pl. 036)

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109953

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109953.

Transliteration

4(u) 2(disz) ma-na siki
6(disz) tug2 sag#-usz#-bar
ki lugal-[ti]-ra#-asz2-sze3
si-i3-[tum nig2]-ka9-[ak]
mu en nanna
ma-an-szum2 dumu lugal-erin2 su-su-dam
mu amar-suen lugal
[4(u) 2(disz) ma]-na# siki GI
[8(disz) tug2] sag#-usz-bar
[...] mu# en [nanna]
[ma-an-szum2 ...] su#-su#-dam
mu# amar-suen lugal
ma-an-[szum2]
[dub-sar]
dumu lugal-[erin2]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 075 (pl. 036). 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: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P109953) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109953..

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