CUSAS 03, 0307

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P322475

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322475.

Transliteration

1(gesz'u) [sig4]
sza-at-[ki]-ti
5(gesz2) la-la-a
7(gesz2) 3(u) me-nin-szubur
7(gesz2) 3(u) geme2-kiri6
1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) sza-at-bi-zi-il
[n ...]-ni-tum
[...]
[...]
giri3 [iszkur]-illat szabra
u3 puzur4-[nin]-kar#-ke3 dub-[sar]
sza3 gar-sza-an-na
iti ki-siki nin-a-zu
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 na-ru2-a-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2-ka mu-ne-du3
ka2-dingir qa2-qa2#-[da-nu-um]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0307. 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 (P322475) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322475..

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