MVN 03, 209

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113769

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113769.

Transliteration

1(disz) tug2 sag usz-bar
1(disz) tug2 usz-bar
ki-la2-bi 5(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na
tug2-ba szesz-kal-la
u3 di-na
SIG7#-a-me
ki i-la-ak-nu-id
iti ezem-szul-gi
ugula i3-li2-bi-la-ni
mu ur-bi-lum si-mu-ru-um <<um>> kar2-har asz-sze3 sag-tibirx(BUR2)-ra i3-ra-a
szu-ma-ma
dub-sar

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 03, 209. 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 (P113769) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113769..

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