MVN 11, 175

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P116188

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116188.

Transliteration

7(asz) 1(barig) sze gur sze ur5
masz2 ga2-ga2
sze nin-dingir nin-gi4:li2-in
puzur4-ku-ku
dumu utu-illat
in-da-gal2#
giri3 a-a-kal-la
u3 da-da-mu
mu en inanna unu masz2-e i3-pa3#
puzur4-ku-ku
dumu utu-illat

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 11, 175. 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 (P116188) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116188..

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