OTR 077

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P123012

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123012.

Transliteration

2(u) [...]
ki-la2-bi 1(u) ma-na
ki ur-nin-gesz-zi#-da-ta#
ba-[la2]
lugal-ti-ra-asz2 [x]
szu ba-ti#
giri3 lugal-ki-[gal-la]
giri3 ur-ba-[ba6] dumu lugal-im#-[ru-a] nu#-banda3#
iti munu4-gu7#
mu amar-suen# lugal#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OTR 077. 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: Columbia University Library, New York, New York, USA (P123012) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123012..

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