CDLJ 2007/1 §3.27

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P368380

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P368380.

Transliteration

2(disz)#? gu4 u2#
2(u) udu# u2#
szu-gid2# e2#-muhaldim#
mu aga3#-us2# kin#-gi4-a
gi4-a-ne-sze3
u4 9(disz)-kam#
ki# ur#-ku3#-nun#-na#-ta#
ba-zi
iti sze#-sag11#-ku5
mu szu-suen lugal# uri5#-ma#-ke4# ma2#-gur8#-mah# en#-lil2# nin#-lil2#-ra [mu]-ne#-dim2#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLJ 2007/1 §3.27. 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: Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA (P368380) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P368380..

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