Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 401
Translation · reference
ExperimentalSource: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104611.
Why it matters
Transliteration
4(barig) sze ur5-ra-sze3# ki lu2-du10-ga-ta ur-bil3 giri17-dab5 szu ba-an-ti iti pa4-u2-e mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal ur-[bil3] dumu ur-nigar giri17-dab5 [x]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 401. 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: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P104611) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104611..
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