MVN 03, 292

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113852

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113852.

Transliteration

1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar ur5
masz2 5(disz) gin2 1(disz) gin2-ta
ki geme2-a-zi-mu-a-ta
ur-szul-pa-e3
szu ba-ti
[iti gu4-si]-su#-ka
[la2]-e-de3
1(disz) ma-ma-a
lu2-inim-ma-bi-im
iti szu-numun-a u4 2(u) 3(disz) ba-zal
mu e2 szara2 umma ba-hul
ur-szul-pa-e3
dumu# ARAD2#?-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 03, 292. 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 (P113852) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113852..

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