MVN 03, 264

~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113824

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113824.

Transliteration

3(gesz2) 4(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
1(gesz2) 6(disz) gurusz 4(ban2) u4 1(disz)-sze3
4(u) 4(disz) gurusz 3(ban2) u4 1(disz)-sze3
sze-AN a-sza3 apin ku5-ra2
gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-a zar3-bi tab-ba
ugula a-gu
kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam ARAD2-hul3-la
mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
ARAD2-hul3-la
dub-sar
dumu ur-utu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 03, 264. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P113824) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113824..

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