MVN 11, 033

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P116047

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116047.

Transliteration

1(barig) 5(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 sze lugal
ugula lu2-nin-sun2
1(barig) 2(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 sze
ugula ku-li
1(barig) 5(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 ugula da-da-kal-la
szunigin 1(asz) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
sza3-gal erin2 gaba-tab gid2-da
a-sza3 sirara6-he2-gal2
kiszib3 da-da-kal-la ugula
mu lugal-lu2-sa6-sa6
giri3 aga-sag-kesz2
iti amar-a-a-si
mu ki-masz ba-hul
da-da-kal-la ugula
dumu nimgir-di-de3 gudu4

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 11, 033. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P116047) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116047..

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