MVN 02, 224

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113523

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113523.

Transliteration

2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
szu-iszkur
1(disz) sila3 nig2-u2-rum
1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 ur-sukkal
2(disz) sila3 wa-mu
1(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 puzur4-esz-dar
1(disz) ad6 udu
ur-gi7-re ib2!-dab5#
1(disz) ur2 e2-kas4
zi-ga u4 7(disz)-kam
szuku! ensi2
iti mu-szu-du7

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 02, 224. 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 (P113523) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113523..

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