CUSAS 03, 0088

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P322628

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322628.

Transliteration

3(disz) gurusz [szitim]
lu2# nig2-[ba-ba6]
3(disz) gurusz [szitim] ARAD2 e2-[A]
sza3#-bi-ta
[n] gurusz# szitim ma-szub-ba sig4 al-urx(BAHAR2)?-ra
[n] gurusz# szitim ma-szub-ba sig4 gub-ba
[n] gurusz# szitim e2-ki-ba-gar-ra [ke4]-de3 gub-ba
zi-ga-am3
gurum2 ak
giri3 iszkur-illat szabra
iti u5-bi2-gu7
mu szu-suen# lugal uri5-ma-[ke4] ma-da za-[ab-sza]-li[ mu-hul]
u4 4(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0088. 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: Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (P322628) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322628..

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