MVN 11, 150

~2043 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P116163

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116163.

Transliteration

[n] 1(u) gu2 7(disz) ma-na siki#
ki lu2-nin-gir2-su
dumu ARAD2-mu-ta
dam-gar3-ne
szu ba-ab-ti
kiszib3 lu2-utu dumu ba-zi
sza3 gu2-ab-ba
giri3 ur-ig-alim dumu ur-ba-ba6
[mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun]
lu2-utu
dub-sar
dumu ba-zi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 11, 150. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y4 — En-unugal of Inanna installed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P116163) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116163..

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