TCND 265

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P133935

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P133935.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(disz) udu niga
inanna
unu-sze3
a-hu-ni maszkim
u4 5(disz)-kam#
ki a-ba-en-lil2#-gin7-ta ba-zi
sza3 nibru
giri3 lu2-nin#-szubur dub-sar
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma ma-da za-ab-sza-li mu-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TCND 265. 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: Museo di Antichità di Torino, Turin, Italy (P133935) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P133935..

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