Position in chronology
SANTAG 6, 103
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211467.
Transliteration
[... x] ge6-par4 had2 [...] gal [... ]pesz3# sze-er-gu 1(u) 2(disz)#? [...] gesztin# had2 DISZ 5(u) pesz3 sze-er-gu pesz3 had2-bi 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 e2#-kiszib3-ba-ta du6-ku3-sze3 ki ensi2-ta kiszib3 ur-szul-pa-e3 iti e2-iti-6(disz) mu amar-suen lugal ur-szul-pa-e3 dub-sar dumu lugal-ku3-ga-ni
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 103. 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: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P211467) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211467..
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