Position in chronology
MVN 03, 142
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113702.
Transliteration
3(barig) 3(ban2) sze lugal sa2-du11 nin-eb-gal-ka ki ARAD2-ta ur-ge6-par4-ke4 szu ba-ti kiszib3 e2-ur2-bi iti sze-sag11-ku5 mu an-sza-an ba-hul e2!-ur!-bi dumu lugal-nesag-[e]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 03, 142. 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: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P113702) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113702..
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