Position in chronology
Princeton 2, 408
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201407.
Transliteration
1(disz)? tu-ra lugal-gigir-re dumu nig2-u2-rum iti sze-sag11-ku5-ta iti min-esz3-sze3 ugula ku3-ga-ni kiszib3 ur-e11-e mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-i3-lum mu-hul ur-e11-e dub-sar dumu ur-nigar
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 2, 408. 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 (P201407) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201407..
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