HSS 68, 169

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P407065

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P407065.

Transliteration

1(disz) gu4 e2 muhaldim u4 3(disz)-kam
1(disz) gu4 u4 6(disz)-kam
1(disz) gu4 u4 1(u) 2(disz)-kam
1(u) 4(disz) gu4 2(disz) ab2 u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam
2(disz) gu4 u4 1(u) 8(disz)-kam
1(disz) gu4 u4 2(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam
1(u) 1(disz) gu4# [...]-kam
x 4(disz)# [...]
szunigin 5(u) 8(disz) gu4
szunigin 2(u) ab2
zi-ga ki en-lil2-la2
iti ezem-an-na
mu amar-suen lugal
1(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HSS 68, 169. 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: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P407065) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P407065..

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