Position in chronology
MVN 03, 197
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113757.
Transliteration
1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar ku3-sig17 masz-da de6-a lugal-ka sa10-sa10-de3 ezem mah-sze3 ki ur-dumu-zi-da-ta kiszib3 a-kal-la iti ezem-szul-gi mu sza-asz-szu2-ru ba-hul a-kal-la dub-sar dumu ur-nigar
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 03, 197. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Šaššuru destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P113757) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113757..
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