Position in chronology
MVN 21, 190
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P120427.
Transliteration
2(u) 6(disz) gurusz a-sza3-ge <a> du11-ga a-sza3 ma-nu a-sza3 GAN2-ur-gu a-sza3 la2-tur ugula ab-ba-saga kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam ur-nisaba mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma! na-ru2-a-mah mu-du3-a
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 21, 190. 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: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P120427) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P120427..
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