TRU 304

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135068

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135068.

Transliteration

5/6(disz) ma-na 7(disz) gin2 siki tug2 szar3
1(u) 5(disz) ma-na 4(disz) gin2 siki tug2 us2 szar3
1(u) 8(disz) ma-na 2(disz) gin2 siki tug2 3(disz)-kam us2
1(asz) gu2 4(disz) ma-na siki tug2 4(disz)-kam us2
siki udu en inanna
ki na-ra-am-i3-li2-ta
szul-gi-mi-szar
szu ba-ti
kiszib3 utu-GIR2@g-gal
ki nu-ur2-suen-ta
ba-zi
iti ezem-me-ki-gal2
mu amar-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TRU 304. 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: Institut Catholique, Paris, France (P135068) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135068..

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