Position in chronology
MVN 05, 036
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P114256.
Transliteration
1(disz) ud5 1(disz) asz2-gar3 ri-ri-ga udu gu-la ki lugal-mas-su2-ta kiszib3 ARAD2 iti ezem-szul-gi mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun ARAD2-[mu] dub-sar dumu ur-nigar szusz3!
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 05, 036. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y4 — En-unugal of Inanna installed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Anonymous 114256 (private: anonymous, unlocated) — from Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P114256). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P114256..
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