Position in chronology
MVN 11, 037
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116051.
Transliteration
1(asz) sze gur lugal sze ur5-ra erin2-na e2 inanna-ka-sze3 i3-dub e2 en-ki-ta ur-en-lil2-la2 szu ba-ti mu ur-ba-gara2 dumu gu2-u3-sze3 kiszib3 ur-nin-mug ib2-ra giri3 sa6-sa6 iti amar-a-a-si mu <ha>-ar-szi ki-masz ba-hul ur-nin-mug dub-sar dumu lu2-ba-ba6 sukkal-mah
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 11, 037. 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 (P116051) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116051..
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