Georgica 3.10

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109415

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109415.

Transliteration

5(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) sar dehi ku5-ra2 2(u) sar-ta
a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz)
1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 4(u) sar har-an bu3-ra 3(u) sar-ta
a2#-bi# u4# 3(u) n
5(gesz2) 3(u) sar |ZI%ZI.LAGAB| 1(u) 2(disz) sar-ta
a2#-bi# u4 2(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz)
a2 sza3-gu4-ka
a-sza3 gid2-da
ugula lugal-ku3-ga-ni
kiszib3 ur-utu
mu szu-suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu ba-du3!

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Georgica 3.10. 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 (P109415) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109415..

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