Position in chronology
CUSAS 03, 0502
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324520.
Transliteration
3(u) gurdub2 siki ka-tab se3-ga zu2-si gir2-su-sze3 giri3 ba-ba-ni dub-sar# ki iszkur-illat-ta ba-zi sza3 gar-sza-an-na iti ezem-an-na mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 ma2-gur8-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-dim2 gaba#-[ri]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0502. 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: CUNES 49-15-514 (Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA) — from Garšana (mod. uncertain) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P324520). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324520..
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