CUSAS 03, 0503

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P324070

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324070.

Transliteration

2(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 5/6(disz) sila3 sze gur
a2 6(disz) sila3-ta
1(u) 2(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 2/3(disz) sila3-ta# dabin gur
a2 5(disz) sila3-ta#
a2 sig4 ga6#-[ga2]
u3 al-[tar-ra]
me-e2-a x [...]
ugula lu2 hun-ga2
in-da-gal2
sza3 gar-sza-an-na[]
iti ezem-me-ki-gal2
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 ma2-gur8-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-dim2
3(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 6(disz) gin2 gur
a-hu-ni
dumu i-ti-ta-a?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0503. 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 (P324070) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324070..

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