MVN 11, 134

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P116147

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116147.

Transliteration

1(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) zi3 sig15 gur lugal
5(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) zi3-gu gur
1(gesz2) 4(asz) 2(ban2) dabin gur
4(asz) ninda zi3 gur na4 gu2-na-ta ba-la2
ma2-a si-ga
ki ur-<ba>-ba6 dumu ur-sa6-ga-ta
ur-[x]-na dumu lu2-giri17-zal
szu ba-ti
iti mu-szu-du7
mu amar-suen lugal ur-bi2-i3-lum mu-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 11, 134. 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: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P116147) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116147..

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