MVN 11, 189

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P116202

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116202.

Transliteration

1(disz) szu-e2-a szusz3
1(disz) ip-hur szusz3
1(disz) gu3-de2-a szusz3
1(disz) ur-nin-zu szusz3
1(disz) ur-ku3-nun-na
1(disz) in-ta-e3-<a>
mu gu-za-la2-e-ne
di nu-tuku bi2-in-esz-a
u3 gu4 udu szu la2-a
iti ezem-me-ki-gal2-sze3
la-he-da
mu lugal-bi in-pa3-de3-esz
lu2-inim-ma-bi-me

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 11, 189. 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 (P116202) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116202..

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