CUSAS 03, 0444

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P323789

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P323789.

Transliteration

1/2(disz) sila3 i3-[gesz]
tu-ku-ni szitim x u4 tu-ra i-[me-a]
ma-lik-ba-ni maszkim#
1/2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
hi-li ma2 gid2 u4 hi-bar-ra-ni in-na-gig-ga
be-li2-i3-li2 maszkim
sza3 gar-sza-an-na
zi-ga szu-kab-ta2
ki iszkur-illat-ta
ba-zi
iti ezem-szul-gi#
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, 0444. 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 (P323789) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P323789..

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