HLC 276 (pl. 306)

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110150

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110150.

Transliteration

3(disz) ma-na siki szar3
8(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na siki us2 szar3
3(u) ma-na siki 3(disz)-[kam] us2
4(asz) gu2 4(u) ma-na# siki du
siki udu ba-usz2 u3 [udu] szu-gid2
5(asz) gu2 2(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na siki hi-a
siki ba-la2 u4 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
sza3 ki-nu-nir
mu amar-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 276 (pl. 306). 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 (P110150) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110150..

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