AUCT 1, 412

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103257

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103257.

Why it matters

Transliteration

5(gesz2) 5(u) 8(disz) udu szimaszgi
1(u) udu a-lum u2
5(gesz2) 2(u) masz2-gal u2
u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam
3(disz) udu a-lum niga
u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam
[szunigin 3(disz)] udu niga
szunigin 6(gesz2) 8(disz) udu u2
szunigin 5(gesz2) 2(u) masz2-gal u2
1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 3(u) 1(disz)
e2-udu x-sze3
szul-gi-si-sa2 i3-dab5
ki in-ta-e3-a-ta ba-zi
iti ezem-an-na
mu i-bi2-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 412. 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 (P103257) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103257..

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