MVN 03, 115

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From the same catalogue range (near P222213)

P222209 · ~2400 BCE

MVN 03, 094

“n(+) 21(?) gur saggal of barley (head-measure) — Ur-abzu. Barley, at that place, filled (si). 6 gur 2 barig — …”

P222201 · ~2400 BCE

MVN 03, 020

“[x (x)] jars. [1(gur)?] 2(barig) barley, (in) gur-measure. 1(gur)? 2(barig): Ur-šul. 8(gur) 2(barig)?: jars. 1…”

P222200 · ~2400 BCE

MVN 03, 018

“4 gur saggal of barley — barley of the field of Uru'a — Enigal, the overseer, (into) the granary of Baba, in L…”

P222199 · ~2400 BCE

MVN 03, 017

“1 lamsag-leather (sack), 10 (units) — in the house, the great granary that is built, [are on hand]. 4 hoes, 49…”

Transliteration

3(szar2) 3(bur'u) la2 2(bur3) GAN2
2(asz) guru7 2(gesz'u) la2 2(gesz2) sze gur sag-gal2
3(gesz2) 2(u) la2 2(asz) ziz2 gur
2(gesz2)# 1(u)# la2 1(asz) gig gur
szunigin 2(asz) guru7 2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 2(u) 7(asz) sze ziz2 gig gur sag-gal2
GAN2 kab2 du11-ga
5(bur3) GAN2 udu
ugula ur-gesz-bar-e3
gu3-de2-a
ensi2#
mu e2 nin-dar-a ba-du3-a

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)) — MVN 03, 115. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P222213) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P222213..

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