AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 399

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P330467

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330467.

Transliteration

1(u) 1(disz) u8
2(disz) udu gir-ru-um
2(disz) sila4 ASZ-ur4
6(disz)# sila4
1/2(disz) sila3 sze#-ta
2/3(disz) sila3 duh du-ta
u4 3(u) la2 1(disz@t)-sze3
szunigin 1(asz) 1(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 sze gur
szunigin 1(asz) 2(barig) 5(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 duh du gur
iti szu-numun
mu szu-suen lugal-e e2 szara2 umma mu-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 399. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y1 — Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P330467) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330467..

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