MVN 02, 173

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113472

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113472.

Transliteration

1(disz) gi4-na-tum
geme2 bi2-sza-hi-li lu2-gigir
e2-usz-bar gir2-su
2(disz) tug2#? ansze#? AN NI ru#?
kiszib3 i3-li2-ba-ni dumu ()
giri3 szesz-kal-la
iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 1(u) 5(disz) ba-zal
mu bad3 mar-tu ba-zal
i3-li2-ba-ni
dub-sar
dumu [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 02, 173. 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 (P113472) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113472..

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