CST 834

~2036 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108341

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108341.

Why it matters

Transliteration

5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
puzur4-esz18-dar
5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
ur-szul-pa-e3
3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
na-silim
3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
i-ti-a
3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
ku-li
szunigin 1(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 kasz szunigin 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 ninda
szunigin 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 szum2 szunigin 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 i3 1(u) gin2 naga
u4# 2(u) 5(disz)-kam
iti sig4 i3-szub-ba ga2-ra
mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu#-du3-a mu us2-sa-a-bi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 834. 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 (P108341) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108341..

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