MVN 11, 111

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P116125

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116125.

Transliteration

1(ban2) zi3-gu
u4-sakar gu3-de2-<a>
6(disz) sila3 zi3 dub-dub
4(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3 imgaga3
szul-pa-e3 e2-gal
1(barig) dabin
dingir-id-ni-ig mar-tu
4(barig) sze lugal
nin-ne2 hu-rim3
4(disz) ansze a2-sun2?
4(disz) ansze gu2-ab-ba
4(disz) ansze gu2 kar-ra
sza3-gal ansze zi-gum2-ma-ka
iti mu-szu-du7

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 11, 111. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P116125) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116125..

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