AAICAB 1/3, pl. 195, Bod A 56

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P249002

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249002.

Transliteration

1(barig) 5(ban2) 6(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 [n] gin2# i3-nun lugal#
1(ban2)? 4(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3? [...]
[n] 2(disz) sila3 ga
[ki] lu2-nin-gir2#-su-ta
nam-mah-ba-ba6#
szu# ba-ti
iti# amar-a-a-si
mu# amar-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 195, Bod A 56. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y1 — Amar-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P249002) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249002..

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