Position in chronology
MVN 13, 136
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116908.
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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