Georgica 2.08

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109401

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109401.

Transliteration

1(u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 5(disz)-sze3#
a-da gub-ba
a-sza3 lugal-ka
1(u) 7(disz) gurusz u4 3(disz)-sze3
a-sza3 uku2-nu-ti bala-a-ri#
sa-du8 ak [...]
1(u) 4(disz) gurusz# [u4 x-sze3]
ka i7-da gesz du-ka kun-zi-da gi4-a
ugula a-kal-la
kiszib3 da-da-ga
mu szu-suen lugal
da-da-ga
dub-sar
dumu ur-nigar szusz3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Georgica 2.08. 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: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P109401) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109401..

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