Position in chronology
MVN 03, 267
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113827.
Transliteration
1(barig) 4(ban2) sze ur5-sze3 ki lugal-a2-zi-da-ta lu2-nin-szubur-ke4 szu ba-ti iti ku3-sux(SZIM) mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3 lu2-nin-szubur dub-sar dumu ba-za-mu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 03, 267. 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: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P113827) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113827..
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