ASJ 03, 092 2

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P102021

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102021.

Why it matters

Transliteration

5(disz) udu niga gu4-e-us2-sa
ha-ar-szi-tum
a-bi2-si2-im-ti maszkim
5(disz) udu niga gu4-e-us2-sa
esz18-dar-tu-kul2-ti ummeda geme2-en-lil2-la2 dumu-munus lugal
1(disz) udu niga ga-ab-lu-lu lu2 zi-da-ah!-ri
ARAD2-mu maszkim
a2-ge6-ba-a
u4 9(disz)-kam
ki puzur4-en-lil2-ta
ba-zi
giri3 er3-re-szum szar2-ra-ab-du
iti ezem#-szu-suen
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li mu-hul
1(u) 1(disz)# udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 03, 092 2. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y1 — Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P102021) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102021..

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