USC 6662

~2094 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235473

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235473.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(disz)# [...] niga# 2(disz)# sila4#
x [x] sila4 [szesz]-da#-da sanga
[...] udu# a-lum# [...]
2(disz) sila4#
ensi2 nibru#
1(disz) sila4
ensi2# szuruppak#
[...]-x-a#
[...] x-a#
1(disz) sila4# u-bar-um
mu-kux(DU) iti szu-esz5-sza
mu szul-gi# [lugal-e] ur-bi2-lum# lu-lu-bu si-mu-ru u3 kar2!(E2)-har asz-sze3 sag-bi szu-bur2-a bi2-in-ra
u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6662. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y1 — Šulgi became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Archaeological Research Collection, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA (P235473) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235473..

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