MVN 02, 111

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113410

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113410.

Transliteration

[...] 2(disz) masz2 ga
6(disz) asz2-gar3 ga
u3-tu-da
u4 3(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
sza3 [na-gab2-tum]-ma#
lu2-dingir-ra
i3-dab5
iti# szu#-esz-sza
[mu ...]
1(u) 3(disz)#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 02, 111. 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 (P113410) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113410..

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