UET 3, 1462

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P137787

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137787.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] 1(u) ugula ARAD2-nanna
1(disz) aszgab 1(disz) ad-kup4
ugula lu2-mar-tu
1(disz) aszgab ugula a-na-ah-i3-li2
1(disz) aszgab ugula szu-e2-a#
1(disz) aszgab ugula ur-dun# [...]
1(disz)# aszgab# ugula ki#-[in-szul-gi]
[e2] maszkim#? tusz#-a#-me#
ARAD2#-nanna# i3-dab5
[iti ezem-szu-]suen# u4 1(disz)-kam
[mu i-bi2-suen lugal] uri5#-ma#-[ra mar-tu a2] im#-ulu3# ul#-ta# iri nu#-zu [gu2] im#-ma-na-a-an-ga2-ar

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 1462. 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 (P137787) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137787..

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