MVN 03, 188

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113748

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113748.

Transliteration

1(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 4(disz)-kam us2
1(disz) tug2 ba-duh-hu-um tab-ba du
1(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 sza3 tug2 bar-dul5
1(disz) tug2 sza3-ga-du3
ki-la2-bi 5(disz) ma-na 1(u) 2(disz) gin2
ki a-ga-a-ta
ur-pa4-mu-ra szu ba-ti
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu# us2-sa e2 puzur4-isz-da-gan ba-du3 mu us2-sa-bi-im
1(u) 3(disz) 3(u)? 1(u) 3(u)
ur-aszgi
ensi2 adab
ur-pa4-mu-ra
dub-sar
ARAD2-zu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 03, 188. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P113748) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113748..

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