USC 6719

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235529

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235529.

Transliteration

[...]
4(u)# 9(disz) gurusz# al ak# 5(disz) sar-ta
2(gesz2) 2(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz al ak# 6(disz) sar-ta
2(u) 8(disz) gurusz al ak 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sar-ta
a-sza3-ge kin-ak#
a-sza3 musz-bi-an-na
a2 lu2 hun-ga2 5(disz) sila3#-ta#
ugula a-ab-ba
kiszib3 a-da-ga
mu amar#-suen# lugal#
a-da-ga
dumu ur-ab-zu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6719. 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: Archaeological Research Collection, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA (P235529) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235529..

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