ViOr 8/1, 017

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P141959

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P141959.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
kun-zi-da a-pi4-sal4 gub-ba
1(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
guru7 usz-gid2-da im ur3-ra
ugula ur-da-ni
kiszib3 lugal-ku3-zu sukkal
mu amar-suen lugal
lugal-[ku3-zu]
dub-[sar]
[dumu ur-nigar szusz3]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ViOr 8/1, 017. 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: Università Pontificia Salesiana, Rome, Italy (P141959) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P141959..

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