Position in chronology
UET 3, 1003
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137328.
Transliteration
1(u) 2(asz) sze gur sze bappir2-ra-sze3 ki lu2-du10-ga-mu-ta lu2#-inanna lu2 lunga szu# ba-an-ti [sza3] ga#-esz5[] [iti ses-da-gu7] [mu us2-sa i-bi2-suen lugal uri5-ma]-ke4 [nibru uri5-ma bad3 gal]-bi# mu-du3# lu2-inanna# dumu ga?-a-mu lu2 lunga
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 1003. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ibbi-Suen y2 — Year after: Ibbi-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 (P137328) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137328..
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