CUSAS 03, 0822

~2072 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P324298

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324298.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(ban2) i3-szah2
ki iszkur-illat-ta
puzur4-a-ku-um
szu [ba-ti]
iti ezem-me-ki-gal2
mu si-mu-ru-um[] ba-hul
me-isztaran
dumu-munus lugal
puzur4-a-ku-um
lu2 azlag2 ARAD2-zu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0822. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y23 — Simurrum destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (P324298) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324298..

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