MVN 03, 226

~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113786

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113786.

Transliteration

lu2-gi-na
u3-na-du11
1(gesz2) sze gur sze-numun-ta
mu ur-nigar sa12-du5-sze3
lu2-szara2 dumu
ur-gigir-ra-ka
he2-na-ab-szum2-mu
he2-sa6 dub-sar maszkim
a-sza3 bu3-ma-ra
iti li9-si4
mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul
ARAD2-[mu]
dub-sar
dumu ur-nigar

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 03, 226. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y2 — Urbilum destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P113786) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113786..

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