JCS 16, 081 HSM 1659

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P111941

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P111941.

Transliteration

szunigin 6(gesz2) sar
szunigin 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sar
1(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) tul2 KA-al
kur2
a2 a-sza3 szu-na
3(bur3) 2(iku) GAN2 sza3 temen
1(esze3) 4(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 bar
1(iku) 1/2 (iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 tul2 KA-al
a-sza3 3(bur3) 2(esze3) 2(iku) GAN2
ur-ig-alim dumu lu2-utu szitim
a-sza3 lugal-e-gar-ra gaba ambar-lagasz
mu szu-suen lugal-e ma2-gur8-mah en-lil2-ra mu-na-dim2
a2 lugal-e-gar-ra

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JCS 16, 081 HSM 1659. 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 (P111941) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P111941..

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