CUCT 001

~2036 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108791

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108791.

Transliteration

1(u) ma-na siki kur-ra
ku3-ta e2
an-na-he-gal2 nar
u3#? ur-nigar nig2-ba-IL2
szu ba-an-ti-esz
kiszib3 an-na-he-gal2
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal
an-na-he-gal2
dumu ma2-gur8-re

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUCT 001. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y2 — Year after: Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Semitics/ICOR Collections, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA (P108791) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108791..

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