CUSAS 03, 0946

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P322440

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322440.

Transliteration

3(disz) sila3# [i3]-szah2#
ki iszkur#-illat-ta
[a-na]-ah-i3-li2
szu ba-ti
iti# szu#-[esz-sza]
mu szu-suen lugal-e e2 szara2 umma-ka mu-[hul]
an-na-ah-i3-li2 aszgab
dumu sa2-ba

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0946. 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 (P322440) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322440..

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