MVN 01, 112

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113145

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113145.

Transliteration

1(gesz2)# 4(u)# gu2# [...]
[...] x [...] x
1(gesz2) 3(asz) gu2 gi-NE# gu-nigin2-ba 1(u) 7(disz) sa-ta#
1(gesz2) gu2 pa-ku5 asalx(|A.TU.NIR|)#
x-ba 3(disz) LAGAB-ta gu-nigin2-ba 5(disz) LAGAB-ta
[...] x e3 x x?
[ki x]-sa6#-sa6-ta
[...] kux(KWU147)#-ra [...]
x [x?] kux(KWU147)#-ra-a#
sza3 tum-malx(TUR3)
mu hu-uh2-nu-ri#[ ba]-hul
a#-ba-[...]
dumu lugal#-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 01, 112. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Museum Forum der Völker (Völkerkundemuseum der Franziskaner), Werl, Germany (P113145) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113145..

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