CUSAS 03, 1258

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P324322

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324322.

Transliteration

[n ma]-na# 5(disz) gin2 ha-zi-in
la2-ia3-am3
szal2-mah szitim
in-da-gal2
iti u5-bi2-gu7
mu us2-sa mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-[ti]-id-ni-im mu#-du3 mu# us2-sa-bi
szal2-mah szitim
ARAD2 szu-kab-ta

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 1258. 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 (P324322) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324322..

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