MVN 02, 099

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113398

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113398.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4 ensi2 kuara2
1(disz) ab2 1(disz) ab2 amar ga
1(disz) amar ga
3(disz) dusu2-nita2
1(disz) dusu2-nita2 mu 1(disz)
3(disz) dusu2-munus
2(disz) dusu2-munus mu 1(disz)
nig2-gur11 |MASZ.EN.GAG| ki-is-mar
u3 masz-kan2 szar-ru-um-ke4-ne
giri3 na-ra-am-i3-li2 sukkal
mu-kux(DU)
iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu
mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum ba-hul
u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 02, 099. 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 (P113398) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113398..

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