MVN 02, 134

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113433

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113433.

Transliteration

3(ban2) ninni8
2(u) ha-bu3-da
ki ninni8 e2-gal-sze3#
ki lu2-ba-gara2-ta
kiszib3 lugal-an-na-tum2
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 ma2-gur8-mah en#-lil2 nin-lil2-[ra mu]-ne-dim2
lugal-an-na-tum2
dub-sar
dumu lugal-iri-da
nu-[banda3]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 02, 134. 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: Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (P113433) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113433..

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