MVN 11, 178

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P116191

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116191.

Transliteration

1(u) 5(disz) gu4 niga
5(disz) ab2 min
1(u) 7(disz) gu4
esz3-esz3 u4-sakar
bala lugal-nir-gal2
bala en-um-i3-li2
bala du-du
bala s,e-lu-usz-da-gan
bala nanna-lu2-du10
bala lugal-pa-e3
zi-ga en-lil2-la2
iti szu-esz5-sza
mu si-mu-ru-um u3 lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 11, 178. 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 (P116191) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116191..

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