NMSA 3560

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P341914

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P341914.

Transliteration

la2-ia3 2(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 1(u) 3(disz) 1/3(asz) sze gur
la2-ia3 su-su sze-numun
ur-en-lil2-la2 szabra
a-x-a
mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum ba-hul
ur-en-lil2-la2
dub-sar
dumu lugal-ku3-ga-ni

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NMSA 3560. 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: National Museum of Syria, Aleppo, Syria (P341914) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P341914..

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