SANTAG 6, 217

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211517

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211517.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(ban2)# [6(disz)?] sila3 kasz saga
1(u) kasz du
u4 3(u)-kam
ki ur-mes-ta
kiszib3 ensi2-ka
iti e2-iti-6(disz)
mu [szu-]suen# lugal#
[szu-suen]
lugal kal-ga
lugal uri5-ma
lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
a-a-[kal-la]
ensi2
umma
ARAD2-zu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 217. 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: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P211517) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211517..

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