MVN 05, 148

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P114368

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P114368.

Transliteration

6(asz) sze gur lugal
sza3-gal ma2-ad-da-<ga>-sze3
dumu dab5-ba-ne-sze3
ki ba-sa6-ta
mu du-du-li2-sze3
kiszib3# ur#-ki-sal4-la
iti amar-a-a-si
mu ki-masz ba-hul
ur-ki-[sal4-la]
dumu# lugal#-pa#-e3#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 05, 148. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA (P114368) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P114368..

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