Position in chronology
SACT 2, 183
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129140.
Transliteration
4(gesz2) 3(u) gi gil a2-an tur 3(u) 1(disz) ninda 4(disz) kusz3 ga-esz-sze3 ki ur-[]szul-pa-e3-ta kiszib3 da-a-gi iti dal mu amar-suen lugal-e sza-asz-ru-um mu-hul da-a-gi dub-[sar] ()
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 183. 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 (P129140) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129140..
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