Orient 16, 044 19

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P124647

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124647.

Transliteration

5(disz) ma-na siki sza3#? nig2-U-nu siki-ud5
szex(|A.MUSZ3|) kesz2-de3
zi-ga
ki ku3-utu-ta
iti ses-da-gu7
mu amar-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Orient 16, 044 19. 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: World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (P124647) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124647..

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