CUSAS 16, 275

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P416185

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416185.

Transliteration

1(asz) gur haszhur duru5
ki szara2-kam-ta
kiszib3 lu2-nin-szubur
sza3-bi-ta
1(barig) 4(ban2) haszhur duru5
lu2-nin-szubur
2(u) 4(disz@v)? 2(barig)? 5(u) 8(disz@v) 4(u@v)
1(barig) 2(ban2) ab-ba-kal-la
1(barig) 5(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 du11-ga-zi-da
szunigin 4(barig) 5(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 haszhur duru5
zi-ga-am3
iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 ma2-gur8-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-dim2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 16, 275. 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: Columbia University Library, New York, New York, USA (P416185) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416185..

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