MVN 03, 116

~2072 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113676

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113676.

Why it matters

Transliteration

7(bur3) GAN2 gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-a
a-sza3 gesz-gi-dul4-la
u3 a-sza3 du10-inanna
ugula la-ni-a
nu-banda3 lugal-he2#!-gal2#!
ki nam-ha-ni nu-banda3
mu# si-mu-ru-um[] ba-hul
da-da
ensi2 nibru
nam-ha-ni
nu-banda3 ARAD2-zu#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 03, 116. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y23 — Simurrum destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P113676) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113676..

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