MCS 7, 12 Liv 51 63 41

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P112834

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P112834.

Transliteration

[...] 1(u) 9(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) gur zu2-lum
sag-nig2-gur11-<ra>-kam
sza3-bi-ta
1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(asz) [x] 5(ban2) gur 6(disz) sila3 zu2-lum
mu!-kux(DU)
3(asz) 3(barig) gur zu2-lum
ib2-ru
ki lugal-szuba3
nig2-ka9-ak
iti udru u4 7(disz) ba-zal
mu za-ab-sza-<li> u3 ma-da-bi ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MCS 7, 12 Liv 51 63 41. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (P112834) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P112834..

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