Princeton 1, 454

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P127143

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127143.

Transliteration

7(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
e uku2-nu-ti szu ur3-ra
4(u) 4(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
a-ba-gal-gu-la
[szu?] ur3#?-ra
[ugula] lugal#-e2-mah-e
kiszib3 kas4
giri3 ur-lugal
mu szu-suen lugal
en-kas4
dub-sar
dumu ur-isztaran

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 1, 454. 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: Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA (P127143) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127143..

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