MVN 03, 257

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113817

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113817.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 2(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur
erin2 ugnimx(|KI.SU.LU.KI.NIG2|)-ma
i3-il2-la-ne
szu ba-ab-ti
sza3 kiszib3 szar-ru-um-ba-ni
lu2-utu-ra ba-an-na-zi
kiszib3 szagina-bi tum3-da-bi
kiszib3 lu2-dingir-ra dumu lu2-utu-ka zi-re-dam
iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu
mu si-ma-num2 ba-hul
lu2-dingir-ra
dub-[sar]
dumu lu2-utu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 03, 257. 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 (P113817) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113817..

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