Position in chronology
MVN 13, 276
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P117048.
Transliteration
2(barig) 4(ban2) lugal-ma2-gur8-re 1(barig) sze a2-gu-gu 1(barig) ur-en-lil2#-la2 sza3-gal tibira ka2 e2 szara2-ka ki ka-guru7-ta kiszib3 lugal-[nir] iti sze-sag11-ku5 mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3 mu us2-a-bi lugal-nir dub-sar dumu ur-szara2 sza13-dub-ba-ka
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 13, 276. 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 (P117048) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P117048..
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