CUSAS 03, 0259

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P324430

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324430.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(disz) gurusz aszgab
1(disz) gurusz ad-kup4
1(disz) geme2 kikken2
u4 2(u) 7(disz)#-sze3
sze szu-suen-<am>-ma-ra[]
u3 bad3-ga-zi-ta#
gar-sza-an-na-sze3 de6-a
giri3 a-hu-wa-qar dub-sar
u3 i3-li2-ku ra-gaba
ki iszkur-illat-ta ba-zi
sza3 gar-sza-an-na
[iti] sze#-sag11-ku5
[mu] i-bi2-suen lugal
gaba-ri

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0259. 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: Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (P324430) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324430..

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