TCNU 449

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135295

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135295.

Transliteration

2(barig) sze-ba lugal
lu2-nin-szubur
2(barig) lugal-e2-mah-e
2(barig) igi-szara2-sze3
giri17-dab5-me
2(barig) er3-ra-ba-ni
2(barig) szesz-a-ni
lu2 azlag2-me
sze-ba za3-mu
a-sza3 la2-mah-ta
sza3 sze ar3-ra-ka
iti e2-iti-6(disz)
mu amar-suen lugal ur-bi2-lum mu-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TCNU 449. 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: Museo di Antichità di Torino, Turin, Italy (P135295) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135295..

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