MVN 11, 188

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P116201

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116201.

Transliteration

2(disz) na2 umbin gu4 sza3-kal zabar gar-ra# sza3-tuku5 siki-gi se3-ga
1(disz) na2 umbin gu4 sza3-kal#
1(disz) sza3-tuku5 siki-gi
ki a-hu-ni-ta
a-mur-dingir
szu ba-ti
giri3 id-ni-id ra2-[gaba?]
sza3 puzur4-[]da-[gan]
iti ses-da#-[gu7]
mu us2-[sa szu]-suen# [x x x?]
gaba-ri kiszib3 lu2-dingir-ra

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 11, 188. 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 (P116201) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116201..

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