UET 3, 0629

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P136951

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136951.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(u) ma-na ku3-babbar
har 5(disz) gin2-ta 4(gesz2)-sze3
ki ur-gu2-edin-na-ta
a-hu-wa-qar
szu# ba-ti
[iti] ezem#-me-ki-gal2 u4 4(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, 0629. 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 (P136951) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136951..

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