MVN 05, 054

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P114274

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Transliteration

3(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) udu bar-gal2
2(gesz2) udu bar-su!-ga
4(u) 5(disz) masz2
udu gu2-na
ki lu2-kal-la-ta
ugu2 lu2-ku3-nun-ka
ba-a-gar
kiszib3 ur-szara2 sza13-dub-ba
mu sza-asz-szu2-ru-um ba-hul
ur-szara2
dub-sar
dumu lugal-[uszur4]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 05, 054. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Anonymous 114274 (private: anonymous, unlocated) — from Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P114274). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P114274..

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