PPAC 4, 208

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P332127

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332127.

Transliteration

2(disz) sila4 lugal-a2-zi-da szabra
1(disz) sila4 da-da ensi2
1(disz) sila4 ta2-ki-il-en-lil2
1(disz) sila4 tab-ba-i3-li2
mu-kux(DU) lugal
in#-[ta-e3-a]
i3-[dab5]
giri3 [nanna-ma]-ba [dub-sar]
[u4 n-kam]
[iti ...]
mu [szu-]suen# [lugal uri5-ma]-ke4 [na-ru2-a]-mah# [en-lil2 nin]-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3
5(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — PPAC 4, 208. 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: Couvent Sainte-Anne, Jerusalem (P332127) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332127..

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