MVN 02, 193

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113492

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113492.

Transliteration

4(asz) sze-gesz-i3 gur lugal
ur-nig2 dumu lu2-si?-[...]
2(asz) gur
ur-nin-gir2-su# dumu na-ba-sa6#
1(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) gur
ur-nigar dumu ur-ba-gara2#
1(barig) x-x-[...]
mu nig2-ka9 ba-zi#
ur-ab-ba sza13-[dub-ba]
lu2-bi-ne gi-ne2-dam
mu si-ma-num2 ba-hul
szesz-kal-la
dub-sar
dumu ba-zi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 02, 193. 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 (P113492) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113492..

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