Position in chronology
MVN 13, 066
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116838.
Transliteration
2(disz) masz2 ga a-dara4 1(disz) asz2-gar3 ga a-dara4 1(disz) amar masz-da3 ba-usz2 u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta ur-nigar szu ba-ti iti masz-da3-gu7 mu us2-sa amar-suen lugal
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 13, 066. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y2 — Year after: Amar-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P116838) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116838..
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