AnOr 01, 213

~2036 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101204

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101204.

Why it matters

Transliteration

8(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
sze gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-a
1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 4(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
zar3 tab-ba szu ur3-ra
ugula lugal-ku3-ga-ni
kiszib3 lu2-ha-ia3
mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3
lu2-ha-ia3
dub-sar
dumu ur-e11-e szusz3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 213. 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: Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (P101204) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101204..

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