MVN 02, 357

~2060 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113656

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113656.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(disz) x-[...]
1(disz) e-sir2 e2#-[ba-an]
e2-u4-7(disz)-na-ka
a-tu5-a lugal
[ki] i#-tu!-tu-a-ta
ba#-zi
[e2]-sag#-da-na
[nibru]-ka
[iti sze]-sag11-ku5
mu an-sza-an ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 02, 357. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y35 — Anšan destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (P113656) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113656..

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