MVN 13, 127

~2094 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P116899

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116899.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4 en-lil2
1(disz) sila4 nin-lil2
mu-kux(DU) ur-suen dumu szesz-da-da sanga
1(disz) sila4 utu
mu-kux(DU) lugal-a2-zi-da
zabar-dab5 maszkim
1(u) 6(disz) u8 1(u) udu
1(u) la2 1(disz) masz2 2(disz) ud5
ba-usz2 e2-kiszib3-ba-sze3
2(disz) dusu2-munus ba-usz2
mu ur-gi7-ra-sze3
dingir-ba-ni sipa ur-ra-ke4 szu ba-ti
zi-ga u4 3(u)-kam
iti szu-esz-sza
mu szul-gi lugal-e ur-bi2-lum lu-lu-bu si-mu-ru-um u3 karx(GAN2)-har 1(disz)-sze3 sag!-bi szu tibira#-a bi2-ra-a

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 13, 127. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y1 — Šulgi became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P116899) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116899..

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