Position in chronology
MVN 13, 115
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116887.
Transliteration
1(disz) ansze niga 1(disz) masz-da3 en-lil2 1(disz) szeg9-bar niga 1(disz) masz-da3 nin-lil2 esz3-esz3 u4-sakar u4 3(u)-kam ki zu2-ga-li-ta ba-zi iti ezem-me-ki-gal2 mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 ma2-gur8-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-[dim2]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 13, 115. 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 (P116887) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116887..
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