AUCT 1, 056

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P102902

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102902.

Why it matters

Transliteration

3(disz) & 3(disz) & 3(disz) & 2(disz)# & 1(disz) & gukkal
1(gesz2) 3(u) 3(disz) & 1(gesz2) 3(u) 3(disz) & 1(gesz2) 3(u) 3(disz) & 1(gesz2) [2(disz)] & 3(u) 1(disz) & udu a-lum
6(disz) & 6(disz) & 6(disz) & 4(disz@v) & 2(disz) & masz2-gal
1(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) & 1(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) & 1(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) & 1(gesz2) 8(disz) & [3(u)] 4(disz)
puzur4 & SZUL & a-ba & si-sa2# & [...] x
() & x & x & [...]
ki sipa [...]
iti x [...]
mu i-bi2-suen lugal#? [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 056. 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 (P102902) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102902..

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