MVN 21, 132

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P120369

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P120369.

Transliteration

1(u) 1(disz) sar kin sahar-ra
5(disz) 1/2(disz) sar u2-bi
1(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
kin bar-a gub-ba u3 us2 hi-a-bi
kab2-ku5 i7 lugal-ka 2(disz)-a-bi
sahar si-ga
a2 sza3-gu4
ugula lu2-du10-ga
kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam a-kal-la
iti pa4-u2-e
mu ur-bi2-i3-lum ba-hul
a-kal-la
dub-sar
[dumu ur-nigar szusz3]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 21, 132. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P120369) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P120369..

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