CUSAS 03, 0011

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P322736

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322736.

Transliteration

2(disz) gurusz szitim
lu2-tu-ni-um[]
1(disz) gurusz szitim lu2 di3-ma#-[at] kal-bu-[um]
3(disz) gurusz szitim lu2#-[i-zi-in-er3-ra]
sza3 gar-sza#-[an-na]
iti ki-siki nin#-[a-zu]
mu szu-suen [lugal]-e na-ru2-a-[mah en-lil2] nin-lil2-ra mu-[ne-dim2]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0011. 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: CUNES 48-07-008 (Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA) — from Garšana (mod. uncertain) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P322736). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322736..

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