USC 6575

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235387

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235387.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(disz) udu niga
inanna unu-sze3
a#-hu#-ni sagi maszkim
2(disz)# udu niga
nin-isin2-na i3#-si-in#-sze3
nu#-ur2-suen# sagi maszkim
[2(disz) udu] niga# szul#-gi# [...]-lah5#-sze3#?
[...] gala-x x x lugal kux(KWU147)-ra-a?
ARAD2#-mu maszkim#
iti u4 8(disz) ba-zal
ki zu-ba-ga-ta ba-[zi]
iti# sze#-sag11#-ku5
mu# szu-suen lugal
6(disz)# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6575. 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: Archaeological Research Collection, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA (P235387) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235387..

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