Position in chronology
Orient 55, 170-171 no. 19
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424384.
Transliteration
1(ban2) esza 1(ban2) dabin ab-ba sze se-ge4 e2 en-lil2-ka ki lugal-dumu-ze2-ta [ba]-zi iti NE#-NE-gar u4 1(u) 4(disz) ba-zal mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 e2 szara2 umma-ka mu-du3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Orient 55, 170-171 no. 19. 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: Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA (P424384) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424384..
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