MVN 13, 136

~2036 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P116908

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116908.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] 5(asz) zu2-lum gur
tum-malx(TUR3)
e2-gal-la kux(KWU147)-ra
ki en-lil2-la2-i3-sa6-ta
kiszib3 ensi2-ka
mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal-e [bad3] mar-tu mu-du3
[szu]-suen
lugal kal-ga
lugal uri5-ma
lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
[...]
ensi2#
umma#
ARAD2-zu#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 13, 136. 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: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P116908) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116908..

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