SDSU 4

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P249257

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249257.

Transliteration

6(disz) pisan im-sar-ra a2 na-da u4 1(u)
4(disz) pisan im-sar-ra a2 u4 2(disz)-ta
[...] x gesz da
[...] x
ki a-gu-ta
kiszib3 hu-wa-wa
sza3 bala-a
mu szu-suen lugal
lu2-eb-gal
dub-sar
dumu ur-ge6-par4
gudu4 inanna

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SDSU 4. 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: H. M. Briggs Library, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, USA (P249257) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249257..

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