MVN 13, 737

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P117510

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P117510.

Transliteration

2(disz) udu niga
2(disz) masz2-gal niga
e2-muhaldim-sze3
mu szu-sal-la-ka-ti-um
lu2 ni-da-u3-hi
u3 lu2 kin-gi4-a ha-szi-pa2-tal
giri3 lugal-inim-gi-na sukkal
ARAD2-mu maszkim
iti u4 1(u) 2(disz) ba-zal
sza3 nibru
ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta
ba-zi
iti szu-esz5-sza
mu ha-ar-szi u3 hu-ur5-ti ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 13, 737. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P117510) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P117510..

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