KM 89294

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235041

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235041.

Transliteration

3(asz) 3(barig)# sze# gur#
kiszib3 lu2#-nam2#-[an-ka]
9(asz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 [x]
kiszib3 szara2-i3-zu
1(u) 6(asz) gur
kiszib3 szesz-kal-la
la2-ia3 su-ga ur-szul-pa-e3 szabra#
ki ur-nun-gal-ta
gaba-ri kiszib3 szara2-i3-zu#
mu szu-suen lugal-e na-ru2-a-mah mu-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — KM 89294. 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: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (P235041) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235041..

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