Nisaba 30, 54

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P332373

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332373.

Transliteration

4(barig) dabin# [lu2]-sa6-ga
3(barig) ur-me-me ugula
4(barig) 2(ban2) la-ni-a ugula
2(barig) 4(ban2) lu2-sa6-ga
[...] e2? inanna u3 [...] didli-me
[...]
[szunigin 2(asz)] 4(barig) dabin gur
ki ur-en-lil2-ta
lu2-sa6-ga-a
szu# ba#-ti
[iti] kin#-inanna
[u4 n] zal-la
[mu szu]-suen lugal-am3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Nisaba 30, 54. 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: private: anonymous, New York, New York, USA (P332373) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332373..

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