CST 884

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108391

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108391.

Transliteration

2(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) sze gur
tug2 usz-bar-bi 4(u) 5(disz)
tug2 u2 kal-bi 1(u) 2(disz)
tug2 mug kal-bi 5(disz)
tug2 sza3-gu4-ka
ki i3-kal-la-ta
kiszib3 szesz-kal-la
mu szu-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 884. 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 (P108391) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108391..

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