CUSAS 03, 0702

~2036 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P323828

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P323828.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[1(disz)] tug2 ib2-[la2]-kaskal
siki# bi 1/3(disz) ma-na# 1(disz) gin2
[1(disz)] tug2 sagszu siki garigx(|ZUM.SI|) ak 4(disz)-kam us2
siki# bi 1/3(disz) ma-na
[x]-tum#? kunga?
[]garigx(|ZUM.SI|)# ak du
[siki bi] 2/3(disz) ma-[na] 4(disz) gin2
[ha]-ni# tug2-du8 i3-la2
[iti] sze#-sag11-ku5
[mu] us2#-sa szu-suen [lugal] uri5-ma-ke4 [ma2]-gur8-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-dim2
szu-kab2-ta a-zu
dumu na-ra-am-i3-li2
iszkur-illat
dub-sar
dumu a-bi2-a ARAD2-zu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0702. 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: Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (P323828) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P323828..

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