Princeton 1, 535

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P127224

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127224.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 2(u) 9(asz) gu2 3(u) ma-na esir2 had2
sze-bi 6(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
la2-ia3-ta su-ga
ma2-lah5-e-ne#
ki lugal-uszurx(|LAL2.TUG2|)-ta
mar-sa-a ba-an-kux(KWU147)
kiszib3 nig2-lagar-e
mu amar-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 1, 535. 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: Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA (P127224) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127224..

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