MVN 11, 177

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P116190

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116190.

Transliteration

2(disz) gu4 mu-kux(DU)
u4 2(disz)-kam
1(disz) gu4 u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam
1(disz) gu4 u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam
mu-kux(DU) lugal
8(disz) gu4 1(u) 1(disz) ab2
u4 3(disz)-kam
4(disz) gu4 4(disz) ab2
u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam
ki gu3-de2-a
ensi2 gu2-du8-a
mu-kux(DU) en-lil2-la2 i3-dab5
iti a2-ki-ti
[mu ]gu-za en-lil2 ba-dim2
3(u) 1(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 11, 177. 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 (P116190) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116190..

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