CST 402

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P107917

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107917.

Transliteration

1(disz) sag-kul ku3-babbar
1(disz) szen-da-la2 ku3-babbar
1(disz) gi-gid2 ku3-babbar
ki-la2-bi 5/6(disz) ma-na 7(disz) 5/6(disz) gin2 1(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) sze
gu2-ne-sag-ga2 e2-duru5-ka
gal2-la
giri3 gu-za-na
iti masz-da3-ku3-gu7
mu szu-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 402. 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: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P107917) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107917..

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