UET 3, 1282

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P137607

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137607.

Transliteration

[n] masz-li2-um# [x]
[n] kusz udu [x]
zi#-ga ARAD2-nanna#
a#-hu-wa-qar#
szu# ba-ti#
iti# masz-da3-gu7#
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, 1282. 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 (P137607) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137607..

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