MVN 18, 675

~2044 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P120036

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P120036.

Transliteration

8(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
e2-usz-bar szu-zu-ga2#-[ra]
gub-ba
8(disz) gurusz u4 [x-sze3]
kun-zi-da [dub-la2]-utu gub-ba
6(disz) gurusz u4 <x>-sze3
[mu us2-sa? amar-suen] lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul
e2-an#-[...]
dub-[sar]
dumu inim-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 18, 675. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y3 — Year after: Urbilum destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P120036) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P120036..

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