OrSP 47-49, 321

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P125211

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P125211.

Transliteration

3(barig) sze lugal
2(barig) ziz2 nig2-siskur2-ra
a-sza3 la2-mah-sze3
ki-su7 gu-la a-sza3 la2-mah-ta
ki ARAD2-ta
kiszib3 lugal-e2-mah-e
iti dumu-zi!(MU)
mu amar-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OrSP 47-49, 321. 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: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P125211) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P125211..

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