MVN 01, 193

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113226

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113226.

Transliteration

[...] 5(asz) sze gur lugal
sa2-du11 nin-sun2
e2-kikken-ta
ki ARAD2-ta
a-du-du
szu ba-ti
[iti] min-esz3
[mu] ku3# gu-za en-[lil2]-la2 ba-dim2
a-du-du
dumu ur-ma-an
gudu4 nin-sun2-ka

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 01, 193. 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 (P113226) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113226..

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