MVN 11, 171

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P116184

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116184.

Transliteration

1(disz) esz-da ku3-sig17
1(disz) ku3 gir9-ge ku3-sig17
1(disz) ka-edin ku3-sig17
1(disz) nig2-luh ku3-babbar
2(disz) ummu3 ku3-babbar
1(disz) SZID ku3-babbar
1(disz) za3-sze3-la2 ku3-babbar
1(disz) nig2-sila3-si ku3-babbar
1(disz) ku3 ab2 sza3-ge ku3-babbar
1(disz) szu-sze3-la2 ku3-babbar
1(disz) sza3-aga3 ku3-babbar du5-ba ku3-sig17 gar
1(disz) ku-du3 ku3-babbar du5-ba ku3-sig17 gar
4(disz) ku-du3 ku3-babbar
1(disz) hu-ru-pu-um ku3-babbar

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 11, 171. 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 (P116184) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116184..

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