SACT 2, 114

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129071

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129071.

Why it matters

Transliteration

3(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
a-da gub-ba
a-e3-a
a-ga-am a-sza3 szara2-gu2-gal
a-sza3 nin-ur4-ra
u3 a-sza3 igi-e2-mah-sze3
da ki-ag2-da gub-ba
ugula szesz-saga
kiszib3 lugal-he2-gal2
mu szu-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 114. 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 (P129071) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129071..

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