Position in chronology
SACT 2, 155
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129112.
Transliteration
1(szar2) 2(gesz2) sa gi gu-nigin2-ba 1(u) 4(disz) sa-ta 3(disz) dal ga2-nun e2-da-na ba-an-kux(KWU147) ugula ukken-ne2 giri3 ur-szul-pa-e3 kiszib3 bi2-du11-ga sza3 bala-a iti sze-sag11-ku5 mu amar-suen lugal bi2-du11-ga dub-sar dumu la-a-sa6
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 155. 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: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P129112) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129112..
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