MVN 13, 276

~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P117048

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P117048.

Transliteration

2(barig) 4(ban2) lugal-ma2-gur8-re
1(barig) sze a2-gu-gu
1(barig) ur-en-lil2#-la2
sza3-gal tibira
ka2 e2 szara2-ka
ki ka-guru7-ta
kiszib3 lugal-[nir]
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3 mu us2-a-bi
lugal-nir
dub-sar
dumu ur-szara2
sza13-dub-ba-ka

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 13, 276. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Year after: The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P117048) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P117048..

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