Georgica 3.13

~2036 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109418

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109418.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(gesz'u) 1(u) 5(disz) sar erinx(KWU896)-na zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta
a2-bi u4 4(u) 1(disz)
4(gesz2) 1(u) sar erinx(KWU896)-na 1(u) sar-ta
a2-bi u4 2(u) 5(disz)
1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 3(disz) sar al 6(disz) sar-ta
a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 4(u)! 1/2(disz)
a-sza3-ge kin ak
a-sza3 nin-ur4-ra
nu-banda3-gu4 lugal-ku3-zu
kiszib3 gu-u2-gu-a
giri3 ba-sa6
mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-du3
gu-u2-gu-a
dub-sar
dumu ma-an-szum2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Georgica 3.13. 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: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P109418) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109418..

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