JCS 52, 042 45

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P145839

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145839.

Transliteration

6(disz) udu niga
1(u) 3(disz) udu u2
1(disz) sila4
masz2-da-re-a
ki en nanna-sze3
sza3 ga-esz
giri3 en-lil2-zi-sza3-gal2
u4 8(disz)-kam
ki a-ba-en-lil2-gin7-ta
sza3 uri5-ma
giri3 i-di3-szar2?-ra#?-x
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li mu-hul
2(u)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JCS 52, 042 45. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y1 — Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Arizona State Museum, Tucson, Arizona, USA (P145839) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145839..

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