MVN 02, 165

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113464

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113464.

Transliteration

1(disz) masz2-gal niga
ka ge6-par4-ra
1(disz) udu niga sa2-du11
iszkur
iti-ta u4 2(u) la2 1(disz) ba-ra-zal
2(disz) udu u2
nig2-ki-zah3 be-la-at-suh-ner
u3 be-la-at-dar-ra-ba-an
sza3 uri5-ma
zi-ga szul-gi-i3-li2
iti ezem-an-na
mu us2-sa ki-masz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 02, 165. 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 (P113464) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113464..

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