Orient 16, 045 21

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P124649

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124649.

Transliteration

1(u) 4(disz) gu4 mu-kux(DU)
u4 3(disz)-kam
2(disz) gu4 u4 5(disz)-kam
6(disz) gu4 u4 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
1(u) 3(disz) gu4 u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam
5(disz) gu4 u4 2(u)-kam
szunigin 4(u) gu4
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
en-lil2-la2 i3-dab5
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu amar-suen lugal
4(u)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Orient 16, 045 21. 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: World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (P124649) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124649..

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