MVN 20, 037

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142970

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142970.

Transliteration

3(gesz2) udu niga bala-a sze a2-an-gu7-a
a-sza3 gu2-de3-na
giri3 bi2-da
kiszib3 ensi2-ka
iti sig4-i3-szub-ba-ga2-ra
mu sza-asz-ru ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 20, 037. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y6 — Šašru destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P142970) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142970..

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