Position in chronology
MVN 11, 102
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116116.
Transliteration
2/3(disz) igi-3(disz)-gal2 1(u) sze ku3-babbar si-i3-tum nig2-ka9-ak sza3-bi-ta 1(u) 4(disz) esir2? E2-A 1(barig) 4(ban2)-ta ku3-bi 2/3(disz) 2(disz) gin2 giri3 szesz-szesz ugu2# ur-ba-ba6 [lu2]-mar-sa ba-a-[gar] [diri 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 2(u) sze] nig2-ka9-ak si-i3-tum ur-gu2-en-na mu gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 11, 102. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P116116) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116116..
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