ASJ 18, 092 29

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P102658

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102658.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) sze# gur
mu-kux(DU)#? GAN2#? x x x u4?-da [(x)]
ki lugal-ur5#-mu#-si
dumu i3-gi4-ta
sza3-[bi]-ta
1(u) [...] gur# hux(RI)-bi2-dam
3(barig) 5(ban2) 6(disz) sila3
lugal-ur5-mu-si
ba-zi iti kin-inanna#
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma#-ke4 en-lil2 nin-lil2 mu-ne-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 18, 092 29. 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: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA (P102658) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102658..

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