Position in chronology
UET 3, 0541
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136863.
Transliteration
x-PA-KA-du ku3-sig17 husz-a na4-kam ki-la2-bi 1(disz) gin2 1(u) 7(disz) sze ba-zi-ir na-bi2-hu-um igi-4(disz)-gal2-ta 4(disz)-sze3 igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3-sig17 si-sa2 ka-gur4 tu-di-da ku3-babbar 1(disz)-sze3 ki ARAD2-nanna-ta a-hu-wa-qar szu ba-ti giri3 ha-ba-ad ku3-dim2 iti a2-ki-ti u4 2(u) 3(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, 0541. 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 (P136863) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136863..
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