Nisaba 15, 1116

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P405454

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P405454.

Transliteration

1(disz) x-x-x
siskur2 x-x-x
1(disz) x-x-x
siskur2 x-x-x
u4 a?-x-x-x
ba-ab-du8-a
giri3 lugal-im-ru-a
zi-ga
iti szu-gar-ra u4 2(u) 8(disz) ba-zal
mu szu-suen lugal-uri-ma-ke4 ma2-gur8-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-dim2
lugal-[im-ru-a]
dub-[sar]
[dumu] lu2-[ab-u2]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Nisaba 15, 1116. 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, Germany (P405454) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P405454..

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