Position in chronology
MVN 11, 203
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116216.
Transliteration
2(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz) udu 3(u) 4(disz) masz2 mu-kux(DU) lugal ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta szesz-zi-mu szabra nin-gubalag i3-dab5 sza3 uri5-ma iti ezem-an-na mu en-mah-gal-an-na en nanna ba-hun 3(gesz2) 2(u)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 11, 203. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y5 — En-maḫgalanna en-priest of Nanna installed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P116216) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116216..
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