MVN 03, 354

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P113914

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113914.

Transliteration

[...]
1(disz) a-da-na-ah
1(disz) wa-wa
1(disz) i-szar-pa2-dan
1(disz) a-hu-du10
1(disz) e-sir2 a2-bu-ru-um-ma gun3-a e2-ba-an-ta
bu-ra
1(disz) zu-ma
1(disz) du10-uk-si-um gun3-a e2-ba-an
a-gu-a
mu-kux(DU)
aszgab lu2 szul-a puzur4-i3-li2-me
szu-esz18-dar u3 nu-ur2-i3-li2
szu ba-an-ti-esz2
[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 03, 354. 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 (P113914) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113914..

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