MVN 18, 564

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P119925

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P119925.

Transliteration

1(disz) ab-ba-[...]
geme2 nig2-ar3-[ra ...]
iti sze-kar-[ra-gal2-la-ta]
[iti ...-sze3]
lu2-iszkur i3-dab5#
kiszib3 gu-du-du
mu szu-suen# lugal uri5-[ma]-ke4 ma2-gur8-mah# [en]-lil2 nin-[lil2-ra] mu-ne-[dim2]
szu-suen
lugal kal-ga
lugal uri5-ma
lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
gu-du-du
dub-sar
dumu da-da-ga
ARAD2-zu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 18, 564. 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: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P119925) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P119925..

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