MVN 03, 245

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113805

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113805.

Transliteration

3(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur ur5-sze3
masz2 1(asz) gur 1(barig) 4(ban2)-ta
ki lugal-pa-e3-ta
en-lil2-la2-ke4
szu ba-ti
iti sig4 ag2-de3
mu lugal-bi in-pa3
mu en nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun
en-lil2-la2
dumu e2-dur2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 03, 245. 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 (P113805) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113805..

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