CST 747

~2036 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108264

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108264.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(u) gur EN
szu ur3-ra
ki a-gu-ta
kiszib3 ur-gesztin-an-ka
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal
ur-[gesztin-an-ka]
gu-za-[la2]
dumu ur-[nin-...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 747. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y2 — Year after: Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P108264) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108264..

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