NRVN 1, 150

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P122366

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P122366.

Transliteration

1(asz) 1(barig) sze gur ur5-sze3
masz2 1(asz) gur 1(barig) 4(ban2)-ta
ki ur-szul-pa-e3-ta
a-hu!-ni
szu ba-ti
iti udru
u4 8(disz) ba-zal
mu i-bi2-suen lugal-e si-mu-ru-um mu-hul
a-hu-ni
dumu ur-ku

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NRVN 1, 150. 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: Ist Ni 00235 (cast: CBS 09728 ?) (Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey) — from Nippur (mod. Nuffar) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P122366). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P122366..

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