MCS 7, 19 Liv 51 63 77

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P112844

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P112844.

Transliteration

8(gesz2) 2(u) 9(disz) udu masz2 hi-a
kiszib3 ensi2 mar2-da
3(u) 1(disz) masz2 dub nanna-ma-ba
ki du11-ga-ta
ab-ba-kal-la
szu ba-ti
iti ezem-mah
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 ma2-gur8-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-dim2
9(gesz2)
ab-ba-kal-la
dub-sar
dumu lu2-nin-gir2#-su#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MCS 7, 19 Liv 51 63 77. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y1 — Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (P112844) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P112844..

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