MVN 13, 130

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P116902

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116902.

Transliteration

[...] x
[...] x [...]
[...] x [x] gu4 sar
[x x GAN2?] [...] 1(u) 3(asz) gu2 asalx(|A.TU.NIR|)#
4(u) gu2 gi-ru-usz
e2-gu4-gaz
1(u) sa gi ku6 ba-ra-sze6
1(u) 1(disz) sa gi sza3 nig2-du10 sila4#-sze3
u4 3(u)-kam
giri3 mu-ni
iti szu-esz-sza
mu en eridu ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 13, 130. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P116902) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P116902..

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