JCS 08, 046

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P111896

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P111896.

Transliteration

di til-la
1(disz) sza3-szunigin dumu u2-sze3-he2-du unu3
ur-nansze dumu ba-szi-sza3-ra-gi-ke4
ba-an-tuku
igi di-ku5-ne-sze3
mu lugal-bi in-pa3-esz
ur-ig-alim dumu lu2-mu maszkim
lu2-szara2
ur-isztaran
lu2-dingir-ra
di-ku5-bi-me
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 na-ru2-a-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JCS 08, 046. 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: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (P111896) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P111896..

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