AUCT 1, 037

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P102883

Translation · reference

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Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102883.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[x] gu4 niga
2(disz)# udu u2
2(disz) masz2-gal u2
en-lil2
1(disz) masz2-gal u2 gu-za
1(disz) masz2-gal u2 hur-sag-ga-lam-ma
sza3 e2 en-lil2-la2
1(disz) gu4 niga
1(u) udu u2
dam a2-ni-a2
sza3 mu-kux(DU) s,e-lu-usz-da-gan-ta
tur-re-dam
iti ezem-an-na
[mu] i-bi2-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 037. 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: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P102883) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102883..

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