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CUSAS 17, 098 (P342640)

Official or display, Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE

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Designation	CUSAS 17, 098
ID	P342640
Museum no.	MS 3175
Collection	Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway
Language	Sumerian
Period	Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
Genre	Official or display
Find spot	uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Transliteration (ATF)

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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.

Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
obverse col 1
1	nam-lugal an-ta e11!(DU6)-da-a-ba#	when kingship was brought forth from heaven
2	eridu{ki} nam-lugal-la	of Eridu, the kingship
3	eridu{ki} a-lu-lim lugal-am3#	Eridu is Alulim, the king
4	mu 8(szar2) i3-ak#	8 car years he ruled
5	a-lal3-gar lugal-am3	Alalgar is king.
6	mu 1(szar'u) i3-ak	10 car years he ruled;
7	2(disz) lugal mu-bi 1(szar'u) 8(szar2) i3-ak	2 kings, their years: 188,000 he ruled;
8	eridu{ki} ba-szub	Eridu fell,
9	nam-lugal#-bi bad3-tibira#{ki}-sze3# ba-de6#	its kingship to Badtibira was carried off
10	bad3#-tibira{ki} am-me-sipa-an#-[na]	Badtibira, Ammesipana
11	[mu] 6(szar2) i3-ak	6 car years he ruled
12	am#-me-gal#-an#-na# lugal#-am3	Ammegalana is king
13	mu# 5(szar2)# i3#-ak	he acted for 450 years.
14	{[d]}dumu#-zi sipa!	Dumuzi, the shepherd
15	mu# 1(szar'u)# i3#-ak	10 car years he ruled
16	3(disz) lugal	3 kings
17	mu 2(szar'u) 1(szar2)# i3-ak	216,000 years he ruled;
obverse col 2
1	bad3-tibira{ki} ba#-szub	Badtibira fell
2	nam-lugal#-bi# la-ra-ak{ki}-sze3 ba-de6	its kingship to Larak was carried off.
3	la-ra-ak{ki} en-sipa-zi-an#-na# lugal-am3	Larsa was king En-sipa-zi-ana
4	mu# 6(szar2)# i3-ak	6 car years he ruled
5	1(disz) lugal	1 king,
6	mu-bi 6(szar2) i3-ak	its years: 66,000 he ruled;
7	la-ra-ak#{ki} ba-szub	Larak fell
8	nam-lugal-bi zimbir{ki}-sze3 ba-de6	its kingship to Sippar was carried off.
9	zimbir#{ki} am-me-dur-an-na lugal-am3	Sippar Amme-dur-ana is king
10	mu 5(szar2)# i3-ak	he acted for 450 years.
11	1(disz) lugal#	1 king
12	mu#-bi 5(szar2) i3#-ak	its years: 240 he ruled
13	zimbir#{ki} ba-[szub]	Sippar fell
14	nam-lugal-bi szuruppak#{ki}-sze3 ba-de6#	its kingship to Šuruppak was carried off.
15	szuruppak{ki} ubur-tu#-tu# lugal#-[am3]	Šuruppak is the royal uburtu.
16	mu 5(szar2) <<disz>> 4(gesz'u)#? [i3-ak]	420(?) years he ruled
17	zi#-[u4-su3-ra2 lugal-am3]	is king Ziusura
18	[mu 1(szar'u) i3-ak]	for 10 years he ruled
reverse col 1
1	[2(disz) lugal]	2 kings
2	mu#-[bi 1(szar'u) 5(szar2) 4(gesz'u)] i3#-[ak]	the years: 420 he ruled
3	5(disz)# iri{ki}-[me-esz]	5 (mana wool for) Iri-meš
4	1(u) lugal-e-ne#	10 kings
5	mu-bi szar2-gal 5(szar2) 4(gesz'u) [i3-ak]	the years: 420 he ruled
6	a-ma-ru bi2-ib2-ur3#	he will remove the flood.
7	egir a-ma-ru ba-an-ur3-ra-ta	After the flood had cleared,
8	nam-lugal an-ta# e11-da-a-ba	When the kingship came forth from heaven
9	kisz{ki}-a nam-lugal-la	in Kish for kingship
10	kisz#{ki#}-a lu2-{gesz}guszur-ra lugal-am3	In Kish Lu-gušura is king
11	mu 2(gesz'u) i3-ak	he acted for 180 years.
12	kul-la-si2-na-be2-el	Kulla-Sin-bēl
13	mu 1(gesz'u) 4(disz)#? i3-ak	64(?) years he ruled;
14	na-an-zi#-iz-li-tar2-ku	should not be able to approach you.
15	mu 2(gesz'u) i3-ak	he acted for 180 years.
16	en-dara3-an-na mu# 7(disz)#? a#-ra2# 7(disz) iti 3(disz) u4 3(disz)# u4 masz-a ib2-ak	Endara-ana, 7(?) times 7 months, 3 days and 3 days a year he ruled

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