Position in chronology
MVN 13, 229
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P117001.
Transliteration
4(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra du gur lugal ki ur-sa6-ga i-di3-a-bu-um szu ba#-[ti] sza3# unu#-ga iti u5-bi2-gu7 mu amar-suen lugal-e i-di3-[a-bu-um] dumu na-[...] lu2 [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 13, 229. 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 (P117001) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P117001..
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