Position in chronology
CUSAS 03, 0769
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P323713.
Transliteration
4(u) ma-na [...] [x]-de3 [...] 1(asz) gu2 siki tug2 x-[...] [x]-x-e2-[...] [...] [...] asz-ta2-qar szu ba-ti iti ezem-me-ki-gal2? mu i-bi2-suen lugal x gaba-[ri] asz-ta2-qar ugula usz-bar geme2 me-isztaran
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0769. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ibbi-Suen y1 — Ibbi-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: CUNES 49-11-027 (Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA) — from Garšana (mod. uncertain) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P323713). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P323713..
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