AnOr 07, 286

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101581

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101581.

Transliteration

1(disz) szesz-kal-la
1(disz) ur-gigir
dumu guzza-ni-me
1(disz) lu2-szara2 dumu lugal-iti-da dumu i3-x-sza-ri2
1(disz) guzza-ni dumu nin-ur4-da SIG7-a
1(disz) lu2-alamusz bar-ra# gub-ba#
lu2 zah3 dab5-ba [x-x]
en-nu-ga2 ti#-la#
iti e2-iti-6(disz) [...] u4 2(u) 1(disz)-am3 [ba-ra]-zal#
mu szu-[suen lugal]-e na-ru2-a-mah# in-du3
a-tu dub-sar
dumu nigar-ki-du10
gal5-la2-[gal]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 286. 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: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101581) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101581..

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