MVN 10, 155

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P115925

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P115925.

Transliteration

2(barig) 2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 i3-nun
3(barig) ga-ar3
mu a-ra2 3(disz)-kam-asz si-mu-ru-um ba-hul
la2-ia3 ur-KA-na-ra unu3
ur-KA-na-ra ba-usz2
1(asz@c) ba-ba dumu-ni
1(asz@c) ba-a-ba# [...]
1(asz@c) er2#-[...]
1(asz@c) a-ga-ti#
1(asz@c) za-la-a
geme2-me
e2-du6-la
mu la2-ia3-sze3 mu-kux(DU)
la2-ia3-bi ba-zi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 10, 155. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Bibliothèque de Versailles, Versailles, France (P115925) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P115925..

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