Position in chronology
UET 3, 0535
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136857.
Transliteration
1(u) 5(disz) gin2 1(u) sze ku3-[babbar?] kam-kam-ma-tum 5(disz) gin2 [1(disz)] u3 har 5(disz) gin2-ta 2(disz)-sze3 ki ur-gu2-edin-na-ta a-hu-ba-qar szu ba-ti giri3 ha-ba-at iti a2-ki-ti u4 1(u) 9(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, 0535. 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 (P136857) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136857..
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