CUSAS 03, 1055

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P324388

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324388.

Transliteration

1(disz) ir7
li-bur-i3?-du-ni
in-gu7-a
ka-ga-na ba-a-gi-in4
na-na geme2 kikken2
a-ta-li-ku sipa muszen-na
in-gi-ne2-esz
igi iszkur-illat szabra
igi puzur4-nin-kar-ke3 dub-sar
igi er3-ra-ba-ni szabra
igi si-mu kuruszda#
[iti] ezem-me-ki-gal2
[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)) — CUSAS 03, 1055. 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: Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (P324388) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324388..

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