CUSAS 03, 0456

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P324317

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324317.

Transliteration

1(u) 2(asz) sze gur
sig4 du8-de3
a2 4(disz) sila3-ta
ki iszkur-illat-ta
me-e2-a
szu ba-ti
iti ezem-an-na#
mu szu-suen# [lugal] uri5-ma-ke4 [ma-da za-ab]-sza-li mu-[hul]
me-e2-[a]
dumu-munus? mi-[...]-sza?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0456. 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 (P324317) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324317..

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