MVN 02, 088

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113387

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113387.

Transliteration

1(disz) ansze mar-tu 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze
2(ban2) sze elam hu-li2-[bar]
ur-nin-gesz-zi-da-ke4
szu ba-ti#
mu us2-sa a-ra2# 3(disz)-kam
ur-[nin-gesz-zi-da]
dub-[sar]
dumu lugal-igi-[husz]
[nu]-banda3-gu4 x-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 02, 088. 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 (P113387) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113387..

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