CUSAS 03, 0991

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P329581

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P329581.

Transliteration

1(disz) [sila3] dabin#
1/2(disz) sila3 esza
siskur2# bad3# u3 [e2]-usz#-bar-sze3
ki e2-a-kal-ta
ba-zi
giri3 iszkur-illat
u3 [puzur4-nin-kar-ra]-ak dub-[sar]
iti a2-ki-ti
mu szu-suen [lugal uri5]-ma-[ke4] na-ru2-mah en-lil2 [nin-lil2]-ra mu-ne#-du3
u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam gaba-ri

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0991. 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 (P329581) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P329581..

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