Position in chronology
RA 079, 032 25
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128047.
Transliteration
3(barig) sze lugal gu2-gu2 er2-du8 2(barig) lugal-ab-ba er2-du8 3(barig) ku5-da 3(barig) ur-da-mu dumu ga-a sze-bi 2(asz) 1(barig) gur sze ur5-ra a-sza3 he-gal2-ta ki sanga nin-mar-ta kiszib3 gu2-gu2 iti amar-a-a-si mu amar-suen lugal ur-lamma er2-du8# dumu e2-nigin-bi-x
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — RA 079, 032 25. 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: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, USA (P128047) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128047..
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