Syracuse 345

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130896

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130896.

Transliteration

1(disz) udu niga
6(disz) udu niga gu4-e-us2-sa
1(u) 4(disz) masz2-gal niga gu4-e-us2-sa
1(disz) masz2-gal u2
ki ad-da-kal-la-ta
gaba-ri kiszib3 lu2-dingir-ra
iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu
mu i-bi2-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 345. 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: Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, New York, USA (P130896) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130896..

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