UET 3, 1384

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P137709

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137709.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(u) sze gur
a-sza3-bi 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2
[x] a-sza3 abul-a2-ti
[x]-x e3-a [x]
mu-kux(DU)
e2 nin-x-la
ur-tum-al szabra
iti ses-da-gu7
mu i-bi2-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 gu-za an nanna-ra mu-na-dim2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 1384. 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 (P137709) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137709..

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