Position in chronology
UET 3, 0437
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136759.
Transliteration
1(disz) gin2 ku3-sig17 [...] 1(disz) KA-du ku3-sig17 husz-a ki-la2-bi 2(disz) gin2 igi-3(disz)-gal2 6(disz) sze ba-zi-ir 1(disz) kiszib3 na4-edin-pa-e3 SIG7-SIG7 ga2-ga2-de3 5(disz) du8-szi-a hu-bu-um gub-bu-de3 u3 za-ah 5(disz)-sze3 ki ARAD2-nanna-ta a-hu-wa-qar szu ba-ti iti masz-da3-gu7 u4 1(u) 8(disz) ba-zal mu i-bi2-suen lugal uri5-ma-ra nanna-a# sza3 ki-ag2-ga2-ni dalla mu#-[un-na]-an-e3#-[a]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0437. 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 (P136759) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136759..
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