MVN 13, 315

~2032 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P117087

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P117087.

Why it matters

Transliteration

7(gesz2) 5(u) 4(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
uri5-ta
nibru-sze3
ma2 udu im-gid2
udu szu ki ta e x im-us2-[x]
u3 x [...]
[...]
[...] x
USZ e2
ki ur-suen-ta
ba-zi
iti a2-ki-ti
mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 13, 315. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y6 — Year after: Šu-Suen built the Amorite wall Muriq-Tidnim based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P117087) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P117087..

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