Position in chronology
UET 3, 0578
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136900.
Transliteration
1(disz) 5/6(disz) gin2 6(disz) sze ku3-sig17 si-sa2 ne-gi-bu-um zabar gesz-bi ku3-babbar szub-ba 3(disz)-a sag-ba egir-ba u3 kam-kam-ma-tum ku3-babbar 5(disz) gin2-ta 2(disz)-a ga2-ga2-de3 ki ARAD2-nanna-ta a-hu-wa-qar szu ba-ti [iti ezem]-szu-suen 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, 0578. 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 (P136900) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136900..
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