SA 133

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128725

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128725.

Transliteration

1(barig) 3(ban2) sze lugal
nanna-ki-ag2
2(barig) lu2-ku3-zu
ugula ba-sa6
1(asz) lugal-me-a#
1(asz) lu2-[...]
[x] [x]
sze#-ba za3-mu [x]
a-sza3 ma-nu-ta
iti diri
mu amar-suen lugal ur-bi2-lum mu-hul
ARAD2-mu#
dub-[sar]
dumu ur-nigar

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SA 133. 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: Institut Catholique, Paris, France ? (P128725) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128725..

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