SACT 2, 082

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129039

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129039.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 4(u) 8(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
a-sza3 a-gesztin-ta
e2-duru5 a-sza3 la2-mah-sze3 gesz
gi-zi sza3-gal udu niga ga6-ga2
ugula lu2-szara2
kiszib3 szara2-ba-zi-ge
mu szu-suen lugal-e na-ru2-a mu-du3
ur-li9-si4
ensi2 umma
szara2-ba-zi-[ge]
dub-sar ARAD2-zu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 082. 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 (P129039) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129039..

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