CST 551

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108067

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108067.

Transliteration

1(disz) szu-nir zabar
ugu2-bi szen-gam-bur UD@g-bi aga3? egir-bi bulug4
u3 dar-bi zabar
1(disz) gal sag-kul zabar
ki-la2-bi 1/3(disz) ma-na
1(disz) nig2-luh zabar
ki-la2-bi 1/2(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2
1(disz) ku-du3#? zabar sumun
ki-la2-bi 2/3(disz) ma-na
ku3-an nin-ildu3-ma
bar-ta gal2-la
geme2-a-szar2-ke4 i3-dab5
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li mu-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 551. 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 (P108067) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108067..

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