Position in chronology
UET 3, 1733
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P138059.
Transliteration
1(u) 2(disz) tug2 usz-bar a2 gesz-gar-ra ta2-di3-esz18-dar dumu-munus ri-mi-dingir ur-szul-gi-ra szu ba-an#-ti iti ezem-mah mu# us2#-sa i-bi2-suen# lugal-e nibru# uri5-ma bad3 gal-bi mu-du3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 1733. 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 (P138059) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P138059..
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