MVN 05, 156

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P114376

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P114376.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 3(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) sze gur lugal
giri3 lu2-bulug3-ga2
1(gesz2) gur giri3 ur-sa6-ga
a-sza3 lal3-ha
ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta
kiszib3 ur-en-lil2-la2 ka-guru7
iti szu-numun
mu en-mah nanna masz-e i3-pa3
ur-en-lil2-la2
dub-sar
dumu ka-sa6 kuruszda

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 05, 156. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA (P114376) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P114376..

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