Position in chronology
UET 3, 0694
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137016.
Transliteration
5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar kam-kam-ma-tum 5(disz) gin2 1(disz) u4 6(disz) ba#-[zal] 1(u) gin2 [ku3-babbar] kam-kam-ma-tum 5(disz) gin2 1(disz) u3 har 5(disz) gin2 1(disz)-sze3 u4 1(u) 2(disz) ba-zal ki ur-gu2-edin-na-[ta] a-hu-wa-qar szu ba-ti iti u5-bi2-gu7 mu i-bi2-suen lugal uri5-ma-ra mar-tu a2# [im-ulu3] ul-ta iri [nu-zu] gu2 im-ma-na-[ga2-ar]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0694. 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 (P137016) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137016..
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