Position in chronology
TMH NF 1-2, 113
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134425.
Transliteration
3(u) sze gur sze munu4-sze3 geszbun2 tum-al-sze3 ki lu2-nin-szubur-ta ur-szul-gi-ra munu4-mu2 szu ba-ti iti kin-inanna mu i-bi2-suen lugal-e si-mu-ru-um mu-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 113. 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 (P134425) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134425..
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