SumRecDreh 16

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130513

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130513.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4 niga
2(disz) asz2-gar3 niga
1(disz) udu
7(disz) udu a-lum
3(disz) udu a-lum gesz-du3
1(u) gukkal 2(disz) gukkal gesz-du3
2(disz) |U8+HUL2| 1(disz) |U8+HUL2| x
3(disz) masz2
u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
na-lu5 i3-dab5
iti a2-ki-ti
mu amar-suen lugal ur-bi2-lum mu-hul
3(u) 2(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SumRecDreh 16. 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: private: anonymous, New York, New York, USA (P130513) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130513..

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