Nisaba 15, 0469

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P315388

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315388.

Transliteration

1/2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
suhusz-ki-in ra2-gaba
1/2(disz) sila3 nu-ur2-esz18-dar
n sila3 su#?-x-ka#?
sze#?-gesz-i3 x x x
1(u) gin2 i3-nun e-li-a?-x
erin2? hu-ur2-tum lu2 nin-lil2-me
u4 iri-sa12-rig7 lugal-sze3 im-e-re-sza-a
x x x
1/2(disz) sila3 esza 1(disz) sila3 [...]
inanna a-pi4-salx(SILA4)[]
1(ban2) kasz du
mu [szu-suen] lugal uri5-[ma-ke4] ma2-gur8-mah# en-lil2 nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-dim2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Nisaba 15, 0469. 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: private: anonymous, unlocated (P315388) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315388..

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