CST 088

~2094 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P107600

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107600.

Why it matters

Transliteration

4(disz) udu a-lum niga
na-ap-la-nu-um mar-tu
mu-kux(DU) dam szar-ru-um-i3-li2
ARAD2-mu maszkim
1(disz) ab2 8(disz) udu
2(u) 6(disz) u8 4(disz) masz2
4(disz) ud5 szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim-sze3
3(disz) dusu2-nita2 ba-usz2
e2-kiszib3-ba-sze3
zi-ga u4 1(disz)-kam
iti szu-esz-sza
mu szul-gi lugal-e ur-bi2-lum lu-lu-bu si#-mu-ru-um u3 kar2-har sagdu-bi szu-bur2-a bi2-in-ra-a

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 088. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y1 — Šulgi became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P107600) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107600..

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