SANTAG 6, 107

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211567

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211567.

Transliteration

4(u) 7(asz) gu2 1(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na 6(disz) gin2 siki kur-ra
2(gesz2) 5(u) 9(asz) gu2 2(u) 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 4(disz) gin2 siki-gi
2(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na 4(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
siki-bi 2(u) 4(asz) gu2
4(asz) gu2 2(u) 4(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na siki ge6
ki ur-e11-e-ta
ensi2-ke4
szu ba-ti
mu amar-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 107. 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 (P211567) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211567..

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