CDLJ 2012/1 §4.25

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P416479

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416479.

Transliteration

1(disz) masz2-gal niga saga
2(disz) masz2-gal niga saga us2
7(disz) masz2-gal niga 4(disz)-kam us2
1(u) asz2-gar3 niga 4(disz)-kam us2
2(disz) asz2-gar3 niga
1(disz) masz2 gaba
2(disz) asz2#-gar3# [...]
mu-kux(DU) u3# [...] tesz2-a szum2-de3 [gesz-bur2 nu-su-su]
ki a-ba#-en#-[lil2-gin7-ta]
du-u2-du [i3-dab5]
mu szu-suen# lugal uri5-ma#-ke4 na-ru2-a mah en#-lil2# nin#-lil2#-ra# mu-ne-du3
2(u) 5(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLJ 2012/1 §4.25. 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: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA (P416479) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416479..

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