MVN 11, 066

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P116080

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116080.

Transliteration

1(asz) 2(barig) ziz2 gur lugal
lu2-na-ru2-a
2(asz) na-silim
2(asz) 2(barig) ur-szu-ga-lam-ma
2(asz) ba-zi!-ge
3(asz) 1(barig) ur-dun
2(asz) 2(barig) ur-sa6-ga
szunigin 1(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) ziz2 gur
mu-kux(DU)
ziz2 a-sza3 balag?
iti munu4-gu7
mu us2-sa ki-masz ba-hul mu us2-sa-bi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 11, 066. 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 (P116080) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116080..

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