MVN 03, 272

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113832

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113832.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 5(disz) ug3-IL2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
a-da gub-ba
a-sza3 ugur2-tur-tur
gaba a-sza3 muru13
a2!(DA) ug3-IL2
ugula# za3-mu
kiszib3 a-gu-gu
mu szu-suen lugal-e na-ru2-a-mah mu-du3
lugal-ezem
dub-sar
dumu da-da

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 03, 272. 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: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P113832) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113832..

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