MVN 02, 126

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113425

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113425.

Transliteration

3(disz) tug2 guz-za us2
2(disz) tug2 nig2-bara3 us2
5(disz) tug2 bar-dul5 3(disz)-kam us2
2(u) 8(disz) tug2 nig2#-lam# 3(disz)-kam us2#
1(u) la2 1(disz) tug2 guz-za 3(disz)-kam us2
1(gesz2) 1(disz) gada du
1(szar2) 4(gesz2) 5(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3#
2(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 i3
e2-usz-bar gu-la-ta
ki lugal-[amar]-ku3-ta
e2-usz#-bar# szu-suen
nig2-sa6-ga szu ba-ti
mu ma2-gur8-mah-ta
mu e2 szara2 ba-du3-sze3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 02, 126. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (P113425) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113425..

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