MVN 02, 057

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113356

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113356.

Transliteration

2(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 3(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) sze gur lugal
ugula lu2-lagasz
sze-bi nin-gir2-su
2(gesz'u) 2(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) gur sze bala-a
la2-ia3 1(u) 2(asz) gur sze ab-su13-na guru7 gigir2-ra
ugula lu2-iri-sag-ga2
szunigin 4(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 4(barig) gur
sze gesz e3-a
i3-dub e2-duru5-ab-ba-kal-la
giri3 szu-esz-dar
mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 02, 057. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (P113356) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113356..

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