SACT 2, 201

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129158

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129158.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(disz) pisan im sar-ra esir2 su-ub-ba-a
a2 u4 2(disz)
im gurum2-ma ba-an-gar
giri3 da-da-ga
[ki a]-gu-ta
kiszib3 lu2-nam2-an-ka
iti sze-kar-ra-gal2
mu szu-suen lugal
lu2-nam2-an-ka
dub-sar
dumu lu2-szara2
sa12-du5-ka

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 201. 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 (P129158) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129158..

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