Position in chronology
MVN 02, 128
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113427.
Transliteration
8(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 e2-kikken sumun-a sze bala-a ugula lu2-dingir-ra kiszib3 szara2-i3-zu mu szu-suen lugal-e ma-da za-ab-sza-li mu-hul [kiszib3] szara2#-[i3-zu] ba-gal2# szara2-i3-zu dub-sar dumu ARAD2 ka-guru7-ka?
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 02, 128. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y6 — Land of Zabšali destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (P113427) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113427..
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