SACT 1, 178

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128933

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128933.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(u) 3(disz) udu u2
6(disz) masz2-gal u2
ba-usz2 sa2-du11 ur-gi7-ra
puzur4-en-lil2 sipa ur-gi7-ra-ke4
szu ba-ti
ugula na#-we-er-dingir
ki ur-ku3-nun-na-ta
ba-zi
giri3 lu2-sza-lim dub-sar
iti a2-ki-ti
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 ma2-gur8-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-dim2
2(u) 9(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 178. 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: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P128933) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128933..

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