RTC 292

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128445

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128445.

Transliteration

di til-la
7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3 masz ga2-ga2-dam
nig2-sa10 ba-<sig5>-si15-ge-sze3
ki ba-si4-mu dam-gar3-ta
ur-szusz3-ba-ba6 gudu4-ra
ba-na-gi-in
lu2-igi-ma-sze3 gala maszkim
ur-lamma
ensi2
mu amar-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — RTC 292. 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: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P128445) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128445..

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