MVN 13, 322

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P117094

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P117094.

Transliteration

[x] geme2 1(disz) lu2 azlag2?
[x (x)] lu2-inim-nig2-sa6-ga
[x] lugal-sukkal
[x] ur-ama-na
2(u) 3(disz) a-hu-um-dingir
2(u) ur-nigar
2(u) [1(disz) gurusz] ugula [...]
1(u) 4(disz) ugula da-[...]
2(u) la2 2(disz) ugula hu-[x]-x-a
[szunigin] 3(gesz2) 7(disz) geme2
[szunigin] 5(u) 3(disz) gurusz
[sza3?] zu2-si sukkal-mah
[x]-x-ra u4 3(disz)-kam
[x] gu2#-ab-ba x
[mu si]-ma-num2 ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 13, 322. 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 (P117094) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P117094..

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