MVN 11, 099

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P116113

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116113.

Transliteration

3(disz) dingir-gu2-da
4(disz) nin-igi-du
3(disz) nin-dalla
2(disz) nin-mu-da-kusz2
4(disz) ba-ba6-i3-sa6
4(disz) ba-ba6-i3-zu
1(disz) nin-zi-sza3-gal2
3(disz) nin-e-ma-gi4
5(disz) nin-ra-i3-zu
1(disz) nin-ma2-gur8-re
3(disz) nin-hi-li
5(asz) gu2-du10-du10
1(u) 2(disz) geme2 didli
ugula nig2-ga2-ni

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 11, 099. 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 (P116113) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116113..

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