MVN 01, 249

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113282

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113282.

Transliteration

5(disz) gin2 ku3 siki
1(u) gin2 ku3 la2-ia3 su-ga
ki bi2-du11-ga-ta
giri3 ur-szara2
dumu# a-lu-lu5
mu-kux(DU) x-x
iti dumu-zi
mu szu-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 01, 249. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y1 — Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Museum Forum der Völker (Völkerkundemuseum der Franziskaner), Werl, Germany (P113282) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113282..

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