MVN 21, 291

~2060 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P120528

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P120528.

Transliteration

1(u) 2(asz) sze gur lugal
1(barig) sze lugal-bi sze 2(iku) GAN2 gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-de3
ki ARAD2-ta
du-du-am3
[x]-u2 muhaldim?
ugula-gesz2-da egirx(KWU733)
szu ba-ti
iti dumu-zi
mu an-sza-an ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 21, 291. 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: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P120528) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P120528..

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