MVN 02, 164

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113463

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113463.

Transliteration

1(u) 3(disz) udu 7(disz) [u8]
masz2-da-re-a lugal
ki en nanna-sze3
2(u) udu mu kas4-ke4-ne-sze3
1(u) 6(disz) udu 1(u) 8(disz) u8
6(disz) ud5
mu aga3-us2-e-ne-sze3
e2-muhaldim
ARAD2-mu maszkim
sza3 uri5-ma
u4 7(disz)-kam
ki du11-ga-ta ba-zi
giri3 nu-ur2-iszkur dub-sar
iti ezem-an-na
mu en nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 02, 164. 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 (P113463) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113463..

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