MVN 13, 162

~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P116934

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116934.

Transliteration

1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) sa gi
gu-nigin2-ba 1(u) 2(disz) sa-ta
ga2-nun ab-ba kux(KWU147)!-<ra>
ugula da-da-ga
mu szesz-kal-la
a2 in-gur10-a-sze3
ugu2 lugal-a2-zi-da ba-a-gar
kiszib3 lu2-kal-la
mu [...] masz
mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul
lu2-kal-la
dub-sar
dumu ur-e11-e szusz3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 13, 162. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y2 — Urbilum destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P116934) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116934..

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