TMH NF 1-2, 057

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134369

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134369.

Transliteration

1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
a2 iri ku3-sig17
ki lugal-a2-zi-da-ta
mu-kux(DU)
iti szu-numun-a
u4 3(disz) ba-zal
mu i-bi2-suen lugal-am3
ur-nin-urta
dumu lugal-u4-gal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 057. 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: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Germany (P134369) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134369..

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