CST 674

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108191

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108191.

Why it matters

Transliteration

3(asz) 2(barig) sze szuku-ra sza3-gu4 gur
2(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) sze-numun gur
6(asz)# [x] 1(ban2) a2 lu2 hun-ga2
1(asz) ziz2-numun gur
[...]-ba-lum?
[...] 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
dumu# sza3#-gu4-me!-esz2
[...] ku-li
[...] 1(asz) 4(barig) sze-ba x bala nin-ildu3-ma
ki gu-du-du-ta
[...] 6(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) gur zabar-ta
ki ur-nun-gal-ta
lu2-nanna ba-an-dab
mu i-bi2-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 674. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ibbi-Suen y1 — Ibbi-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P108191) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108191..

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