MVN 02, 318

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113617

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113617.

Transliteration

7(disz) 1/2(disz) sar kin sahar
a2 lu2 1(disz)-e
1(u) 3(disz) gin2-ta
1(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 2(disz)-sze3
lu2 a2!(DA) hun-[ga2]
gub#-ba#
a2 u4 diri-ga#
ugula ur-da-ni
kiszib3 lu2-szara2
mu amar-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 02, 318. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y1 — Amar-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (P113617) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113617..

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