MVN 02, 186

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113485

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113485.

Transliteration

4(disz) ba-ri2-ga
kiszib3 ur-sa6-ga-mu#
1(disz) kiszib3 lu2-kal-la
1(disz) kiszib3 lu2-nin-szubur dumu inim-inanna#
1(disz) kiszib3 nam-mah szesz tul2-ta
2(disz) kiszib3 ur-lamma dumu# ARAD2-mu
1(disz) nam-mah dumu me-nigar
5(disz) a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
1(disz) a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
ur-gu2-en-na dumu lu2-dingir-ra
szunigin 1(u) 6(disz) ba-ri2-ga

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 02, 186. 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 (P113485) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113485..

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