MVN 03, 179

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113739

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113739.

Transliteration

[x] uz-tur
dumu-munus a-ga-num2 nar
iti-ta u4 1(u) ba-ra-zal
2(disz) uz-tur
in-nu-ri
iti-ta u4 1(u) 4(disz) ba-[ra-zal]
mu-[kux(DU)]
szul-[gi]-si2-im-ti
a2-bi2-li2-a!
i3-dab5
iti ezem-mah
mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-isz-da-gan ba-du3 mu us2-sa-bi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 03, 179. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P113739) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113739..

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