CUSAS 03, 1007

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P324793

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324793.

Transliteration

1(disz) dug dida2 du x
1(disz) sila3 dabin
[1(disz)] sila3# esza
siskur2#-sze3
u4 ka2 e2-bappir e2-muhaldim u3 e2 kikken2 kesz2-ra2#
1(disz) sila3# dabin
1(disz) sila3 esza
siskur2 x?-ad#?
ki iszkur-[illat]-ta
ba-zi
giri3 puzur4-nin-kar-ke3 dub-sar
iti a2-ki-ti
mu szu-suen [lugal uri5-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab]-sza-li[ mu-hul]
gaba-ri

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 1007. 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 (P324793) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324793..

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