AAICAB 1/2, pl. 110, 1937-088

~2036 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248699

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248699.

Why it matters

Transliteration

5(u) 6(disz) udu
1(u) 4(disz) u8
8(disz) masz2
ri-ri-ga bala-a
1(u) 1(disz) udu
1(disz) u8
2(disz) masz2
giri3 ur-szul-pa-e3
3(u) udu
3(disz) masz
[...]
[...]
[...]
mu us2-sa szu#-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 bad3# mar-tu mu-[ri]-iq#-ti-id-[ni]-im mu-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 110, 1937-088. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y2 — Year after: Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248699) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248699..

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