MVN 08, 100

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P115491

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P115491.

Transliteration

1(disz) udu niga#
1(disz) masz2-gal niga#
e2-ku6-nu-gu7 nin-urta
nansze#-GIR2@g-gal maszkim
iti u4 1(u) 6(disz) ba-zal#
zi-ga
ki na-lu5
iti masz-da3-gu7 min3
mu si-mu-ru-um u3# lu#-lu-bu a-ra2# 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam-asz ba-hul#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 08, 100. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: College de France, Paris, France (P115491) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P115491..

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