MVN 18, 475

~2042 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P119836

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P119836.

Transliteration

3(disz) 1/2(disz) sar kin# [sahar]
a-e gu7-a GAN2 lugal
u3 e sa-dur2-ra en-du8-du si-ga
ugula lugal-ukken-ne2
kiszib3 gu-u2-[gu-a]
mu en-mah-gal-an-na en# []nanna ba#-[hun]
gu-u2-gu-a
dub-sar
dumu ma-an-szum2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 18, 475. 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: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P119836) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P119836..

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