Position in chronology
UET 3, 0915
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137239.
Transliteration
1(ban2) zi3-gu 2(ban2) dabin lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal e2 hur-sag-ga2 kin engur-ra-ke4 ib2-tuku-a giri3 al-ba-ni-a-du11 szitim ki ur-ge6-par4-ra-ka-ta ba-zi iti a2-ki-ti mu amar-suen lugal
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0915. 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: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P137239) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137239..
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