PPAC 4, 261

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P332173

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332173.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(asz) sze gur ur5-ra
masz2 igi-3(disz)-gal2 ga6-ga2
ki ur-su4-an-ni-ta
u4-ga-ni
szu ba-ti
[igi] guzza!-ni-sze3#
[igi] ur-e2-mah-e-<sze3>
[iti] sze-sag11-ku5
[mu] i-bi2-suen lugal
x-ga-[x]
x x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — PPAC 4, 261. 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: Couvent Saint-Etienne, Jerusalem (P332173) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332173..

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