HSS 68, 285

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P407192

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P407192.

Transliteration

[2(disz)] gu4 niga 4(disz)-kam us2
2(disz) udu niga 3(disz)-kam us2
7(disz) udu niga
6(disz) udu 8(disz) masz2 [gal]
[kasz]-de2-a lugal-a2-zi-da szabra
[a2]-ge6-ba-a
e2 dingir-e-ne-ke4 ba-ab-dab5
u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam mu-kux(DU)
in-ta-e3-a i3-dab5
giri3 lugal-amar-ku3 dub-sar
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu szu-[suen] lugal uri5[-ma-ke4] ma-da za-ab#-[sza-li] mu-[hul]
2(disz) gu4 2(u) 3(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HSS 68, 285. 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: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P407192) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P407192..

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