CUSAS 03, 0409

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P322456

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322456.

Transliteration

3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra# saga#
3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 ar-za-[na]
3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gu2-tur al-us2-sa
1(gesz2) sa gi NE
nin9# um-mi-kab-ta2 dumu-munus sza3 e2-a
[ki] iszkur-illat-ta
sza3 gar-sza-an-na
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li mu-hul
gaba-ri

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0409. 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 (P322456) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322456..

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