JCS 54, 002, 03

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P332208

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332208.

Transliteration

1/3(disz) ku3-babbar
mu u-bar-suen-<sze3>
ki ab-ba-ta
i-din-i-szum
szu ba-ti
igi ur-nansze
lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal
igi en-um-i3-li2 dam-gar3
iti a2-ki-ti
mu szu-suen <lugal>-e ma2-dara3 dara4 abzu in-dim2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JCS 54, 002, 03. 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: Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey (P332208) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332208..

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