CUSAS 03, 1060

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P324165

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324165.

Transliteration

[n] GIR3# niga
[n] tu niga
4(u) 7(disz) tu-gur4 niga
2(u) 1(disz) pesz2-igi-gun3 niga
nig2-zuh-a
da-da-a sipa muszen-na
igi er3-ra-ba-ni dub-sar
igi ur-en-lil2-la2
igi puzur4-a-ku-um
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 ma2-gur8-mah en-lil2 []nin#-lil2-ra mu-ne-dim2
da-da-a
ARAD2 szu-kab-ta

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 1060. 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 (P324165) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324165..

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