SACT 2, 033

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128990

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128990.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(u) gurusz [u4] 1(u)-sze3
sze gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-[a x] gesz? masz
a-sza3 a-u2-da
1(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz u4 [x]-sze3
kab2-ku5 i7 a-u2-da-ta sahar zi-ga
x x-sze3?
ugula lu2-szara2
kiszib3 lugal-inim-gi-na
mu szu-suen lugal-e na-ru2-<a>-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2 mu-ne-du3
lugal-inim-gi-na
dub-sar
dumu lugal-nesag-e

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 033. 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: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P128990) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128990..

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