CUSAS 03, 0679

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P324387

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324387.

Transliteration

5(disz) tug2 sagszu babbar siki gir2#-gul
ki-la2-bi 2/3(disz) ma-na
ha-ni tug2-du8 i3-la2
giri3 iszkur-illat#
u3 ma-lik-ba-[ni]
iti a2-ki-ti
mu ma2-gur8-mah ba-ab-du8
[5(disz) tug2 sagszu babbar siki gir2-gul]
[ki-la2-bi 2/3(disz) ma-na]
[ha-ni tug2-du8 i3-la2]
[giri3 iszkur-illat]
[u3 ma-lik-ba-ni]
iti a2-ki-ti
mu szu-suen [lugal]-e ma2#-gur8#-mah [en-lil2 nin-lil2 ba-ab]-du8# ba-ab-du8

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0679. 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 (P324387) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324387..

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