SANTAG 6, 300

~2036 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211457

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211457.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(disz) kasz dida saga 3(disz)
1(disz) kasz dida saga 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3
1(disz) kasz dida du 2(disz)
3(ban2) zi3-gu saga 1(u) 3(disz) dabin
[...] sze
1(disz) sila3 [i3]-gesz du10-ga
1(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
zu2-ur2-zu2-ur2
lu2 kin-gi4-a
ia3-a-ba-ra-ad-da
giri3 zu-hu-uh2
iti sze-sag11#-ku5
mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-du3-a mu us2-sa-a-bi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 300. 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: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P211457) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211457..

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