MVN 03, 340

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113900

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113900.

Transliteration

2(disz) ma-na ku3-sig17 1(u) 7(disz)-ta
lugal-an-ne2
1(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na 2/3(|NINDA2x(SZE.2(ASZ))|)? 1(u) 5(disz) sze
lu2-dingir-ra
1(disz) ma-na 2/3(disz) 1(u) 5(disz) sze
bu-zu
2/3(disz) ma-na 2(u) sze
lu2-en-lil2-la2
szunigin 5(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 2(u) sze ku3-sig17

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 03, 340. 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 (P113900) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113900..

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