SET 248

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129658

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129658.

Transliteration

3(barig) sze lugal
lugal-uszurx(|LAL2.TUG2|)
3(barig) lugal-ma2-gur8-re
3(barig) ARAD2-dam
1(barig) lugal-he2-gal2
3(barig) an-ne2-ba-ab-du7
3(barig) a-kal-la
iti min-esz3
mu amar-suen lugal
lugal-e-ba-an-sa6
dub-sar
dumu ur-isztaran

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SET 248. 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: Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, California, USA (P129658) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129658..

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