MVN 09, 183

~2036 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P115826

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P115826.

Transliteration

3(u) 3(disz) gesz 1(ban2)
1(u) gesz 1(ban2) 5(disz)
6(disz) gesz 2(ban2)
2(disz) gesz 3(ban2)
1(gesz2) 7(disz) gesz 2(disz) sila3
3(u) 3(disz) gesz 5(disz) sila3
5(u) gesz sza3-su3
szunigin 3(gesz2) 8(disz) gesz hi-a
kiri6 kab2-du11-ga
iti szu-numun
mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 09, 183. 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: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (P115826) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P115826..

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