MVN 05, 066

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P114286

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P114286.

Transliteration

4(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 2(disz) 1(esze3)-ta
1(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 gesz a-ra2 1(disz@t)-kam 1(esze3) GAN2-ta
szara2-mu-tum2 engar
3(bur3) GAN2 a-ra2 3(disz@t)-kam 1(esze3)-ta
3(bur3) GAN2 gesz a-ra2 2(disz@t)-kam 1(esze3)-ta
nimgir-he2-du7 engar
nu-banda3-gu4 ur-mes
kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam lu2-du10-ga
u4 2(disz)-sze3 umma-ta de6-a
a-sza3 me-en-kar2-sze3 de6-a
mu hu-hu-nu-ri ba-hul
lu2-du10-ga
dub-sar
dumu he2-ma-du?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 05, 066. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Mizuno Pritech (Printing) Museum, Tokyo, Japan (P114286) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P114286..

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