CST 768

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108285

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108285.

Transliteration

2(gesz2) 4(u) 7(disz) u8
1(gesz2) 1(u) la2 1(disz) udu-nita2
3(u) 5(disz) kir11
3(u) 3(disz) sila4-nita2
2(gesz2) masz2-gal
ur-a-szar2 na-gada
e2-du6-la ur-li9-si4
udu si-il-la
sza3 e2-amar-ra
iti dal
mu szu-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 768. 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 (P108285) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108285..

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