Position in chronology
CUSAS 03, 0817
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324310.
Transliteration
1(disz) tug2 1(disz) 1/3(disz) <ma>-na siki du ki asz-ta2-qar-ta puzur4-a-ku-um szu ba-ti sza3 gar-sza-[an-na] iti a2-ki-ti mu i-bi2-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 [si-mu-ru-um mu] hul# me-isztaran dumu-munus lugal puzur4-a-ku-um lu2 azlag2 ARAD2-zu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0817. 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: Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (P324310) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324310..
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