SANTAG 6, 318

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211908

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211908.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(disz) hu-bu-[um] UR nu-kusz2
ki-la2-bi 1(u) 1/2(disz) ma-na 2(disz) gin2
ka-la-lum
i3-la2
giri3 ur-sa6-sa6-ga
ugula nam-ha-ni
giri3 lu2-inanna sukkal
iti dumu-zi
mu# szu-suen lugal uri5[]-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza#-li mu-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 318. 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 (P211908) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211908..

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