MVN 10, 153

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P115923

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P115923.

Transliteration

1/2(disz) ninda 4(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 dagal 1(disz)
1/2(disz) ninda 3(disz) 2/3(disz) kusz3 7(disz) szu-si dagal min
1(disz) ninda 4(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 gid2
1(disz) ninda 3(disz) 2/3(disz) kusz3 4(disz) 1/2(disz) szu-si gid2 min
e2-bi 1(disz) sar 8(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 2(u) 5(disz) sze la2 igi-4(disz)-gal2 sze
nig2-sa10-bi 1(u) 1(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 2(u) sze ku3-babbar
sza3-bi-ta
8(disz) gin2 la2 1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar
ki szesz-da-da-ta
ma-ba-e szu# ba-ti
ib2-tak4 3(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar
u3 1(asz) sze gur
ki# szesz-da-da
iti# du6-ku3 u4 1(u) 7(disz) ba-zal
mu gu-za ku3-babbar en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2-ma

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 10, 153. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Bibliothèque de Versailles, Versailles, France (P115923) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P115923..

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