AnOr 07, 323

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101618

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101618.

Transliteration

1(disz) ma2 1(gesz2) gur
la2-ia3-ta su-ga
lugal-e-ba-an-sa6
ur-nun-gal-ra
tukum-bi#
iti sze-sag11-ku5-[a]
nu-u3-na-[an?-szum2?]
[...] gur#? [lugal?]
[in-na?]-la2-[a?]
mu# lugal#-bi#
in#-pa3#
mu szu-suen lugal-e na-ru2!-a-mah mu-du3
lugal-e-ba-an-sa6
dub-sar
dumu ur-isztaran#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 323. 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 (P101618) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101618..

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