Position in chronology
MVN 05, 126
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P114346.
Transliteration
4(disz) masz-da3-nita2 szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim mu aga3-us2-ke4-ne-sze3 ARAD2-mu maszkim iti u4 1(disz) ba-zal ki du11-ga-zi-da-ta ba-zi giri3 ip-hur sza-ra-ab-du iti a2-ki-ti mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im ba-du3 4(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 05, 126. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y2 — Year after: Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Anonymous 114346 (private: anonymous, unlocated) — from Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P114346). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P114346..
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