CUSAS 03, 1193

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P324185

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324185.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(ban2) esza
5(disz) sila3 gu2-tur al-us2-sa
ki iszkur-illat-ta
i3-li2-si-na-at
[szu] ba#-ti
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu i-bi2-suen lugal
i3-li2-si2-na-at
dumu za-la-ti

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 1193. 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 (P324185) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324185..

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