CUSAS 03, 0699

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P324273

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324273.

Transliteration

1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 siki du
3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 i3-gesz
3(ban2) 1/2(disz) sila3 naga si-e3
2(u) 3(disz) ma-na im-babbar2
mu tug2-ga-sze3
ki iszkur-illat-ta
puzur4-a-ku-um
szu ba-ti
iti ezem-me-ki-gal2
[mu ]szu-suen [lugal-e] ma2-gur8-mah#-[en-lil2 ]nin-[lil2-ra] mu#-ne-dim2
szu-kab-ta a-zu
dumu na-ra-am-i3-li2
puzur4-a-ku-um
lu2 azlag2 ARAD2-zu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0699. 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 (P324273) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324273..

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