CUSAS 03, 0976

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P323791

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P323791.

Transliteration

1(disz) szah2 ze2-[da]
u4 1(disz)-[kam]
1(disz) udu niga u4 1(u)-kam
1(disz) tu u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam
1(disz) udu niga u4 2(u)-kam
1(disz) udu niga
1(disz) tu
u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam
sa2-du11 ki-a-nag szu-kab-ta2
ki iszkur-illat-ta
ba-zi
sza3 gar-sza-an-na
iti ezem-an-na
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 e2 szara2 umma-ka mu-[du3]
gaba-ri

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0976. 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 (P323791) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P323791..

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