CUSAS 03, 0709

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P324401

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324401.

Transliteration

1(disz) tug2 bar-si us2
1(disz) tug2 ba-tab duh-hu-um [n-kam us2]
5(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 4(disz)-[kam us2]
1(disz) tug2 sza3-ga-du3 ba-tab [duh]-hu-um 4(disz)-kam us2
1(disz) tug2 sagszu ba-tab duh-[hu-um] 4(disz)-kam us2#
[...]
[puzur4]-a-ku-um
[szu] ba-ti
[iti] masz-da3-gu7
[mu] szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-[ke4] e2 szara2 umma-ka mu-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0709. 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 (P324401) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324401..

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