USC 6732

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235542

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235542.

Transliteration

5(u) 7(disz) gurusz# [u4 1(disz)-sze3] gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-[a ...]
1(gesz2) 5(u) gurusz u4# [1(disz)-sze3]
zar3 tab-ba szu ur3#-ra
a#-sza3# szu-nu-kusz2
[nu-banda3]-gu4# gu2#-tar
kiszib3 lugal-ku3-zu
dumu# lugal#-e2#-mah-e#
mu# amar#-suen# lugal#-e# sza-[asz-ru-um ...] mu#-[hul]
lugal-ku3-zu
dub-sar
dumu lugal#-e2#-mah-e#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6732. 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 (P235542) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235542..

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