CUSAS 03, 0319

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P322502

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322502.

Transliteration

1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) sig4 ta-ri#-bu
1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2)  za-bu#-ku-a
[n] me#-na-zi
[n] szu#-ma-ma
[n na]-a-a
[n] szu#-la-num2
[n ...]
[iti a2]-ki-ti
[mu] szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-<ke4> na-ru2#-[a-mah] en-lil2 nin-[lil2-ka] mu-ne-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0319. 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 (P322502) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322502..

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