SACT 1, 174

~2036 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128929

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128929.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(disz) lulim-[nita2]
1(disz) masz-da3-nita2
en-lil2
1(disz) szeg9-bar-nita2 niga
1(disz) masz-da3-nita2
nin-lil2
esz3-esz3 u4-sakar
lugal-kux(KWU636)-ra
iti u4 3(u) ba-zal
ki du-u2-du-ta
ba-zi
giri3 ur-sa6-ga dub-sar
iti ses-da-gu7
mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-[tu mu]-ri#-[iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3]
4(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 174. 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: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P128929) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128929..

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