AnOr 07, 309

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101604

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101604.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 2(u) udu niga
2/3(disz) sila3 sze-ta
[x sila3 duh saga]-ta
[x sila3 duh du-ta]
[u4 x-sze3]
6(asz) 2(barig) [x x sila3 sze gur]
szunigin 1(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) [duh saga gur]
szunigin 3(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) duh [du gur]
sza3-gal udu niga sa2-du11 szara2 u3 dingir-re-ne
iti sig4-i3-szub-ba-gar
mu szu-suen lugal-e e2 szara2 umma mu-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 309. 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 (P101604) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101604..

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