AAICAB 1/3, pl. 203, Bod B 06 (113)

~2036 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142532

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142532.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[1(disz)] sag munus en-ne2-a-ti mu-ni-im
ku3#-babbar sa10-ma-ni 4(disz) gin2
ki la-gi-ip-ta
lugal-ezem
in-szi-sa10
gan!(TAG) in-bala
igi bu3-zu ha-za-num2-sze3
igi ur-za-ga nimgir-<sze3>
igi lugal-engar-sze3
igi dingir-dag-ga-sze3
igi szu-i3-li2-sze3
igi lu2-inanna-sze3
mu lugal-bi in-pa3
lu2 lu2 nu-gi4-gi4-da
mu us2#-sa# szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu <mu-ri-iq>-ti-id-nim# mu-du3-a

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 203, Bod B 06 (113). 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 (P142532) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142532..

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