Position in chronology
UET 3, 0155
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136472.
Transliteration
giri3 a-a-dingir-mu sagi sza3 ga-esz iti ezem-szul-gi mu i-bi2-suen lugal nibru uri5-ma bad3-gal-bi mu-du3 en-amar-suen-ra-ki-ag2-an-na en nanna kar-zi-da a-a-dingir-mu sagi ARAD2-zu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0155. 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: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P136472) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136472..
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