MVN 02, 292

~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113591

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113591.

Transliteration

1(disz) x [...]
e2 x-[...]
zi#-[...]
ki lugal-[...]
ur-en-ki#
szu [ba]-ti
iti GAN2-masz u4 [x-kam]
mu us2-sa bad3# mar-tu ba-du3#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 02, 292. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Year after: The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (P113591) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113591..

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