MVN 03, 091

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215742.

Transliteration

1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) sze ur5 gibil
ur-gu2-la2 nagar
1(asz@c) lugal-u3-ma
ne2-ne2 sanga
2(barig@c) nin-nig2-ga2-ni
dumu a-ri!

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — MVN 03, 091. 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 (P215742) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P215742..

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