CST 617

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108133

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108133.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 5(u) 3(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
ka i7 kun-nagar
u3 i7 amar-suen-gar gub-ba
1(gesz2) 3(u) gurusz# u4 1(disz)-sze3
kab2-ku5 dub-la2-utu gub-ba
2(u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
a bur2 en-du8-du x-x
ugula szesz-kal-la
kiszib3 szara2-he2-gal2
mu szu-suen lugal-e na-ru2-a-mah mu-du3
szara2-he2-gal2
dub-sar
dumu ur-mes

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 617. 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 (P108133) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108133..

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