MVN 03, 223

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113783

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113783.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) gurusz sza3-gu4 kiszi17 2(u) sar-ta
5(u) 3(disz) gurusz kiszi17 3(u) sar-ta
5(u) gurusz al 5(disz) sar-ta
a-sza3-ge kin ak
1(disz) sar 1(u) gin2 sahar pa4 ba-al-la
a2-bi u4 4(disz)-kam
a-sza3 amar-kiszi17
ugula ur-en-lil2-la2
kiszib3 da-a-gi
mu amar-suen lugal
da-a-gi
dub-sar
()

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 03, 223. 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: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P113783) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113783..

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