MVN 13, 592

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P117365

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P117365.

Transliteration

[x ma-na] x [...]
[lu2-en]-lil2-la2 dumu x-[...]
[x ma]-na 5(disz) gin2 lu2-suen
1/2(disz) ma-na s,e-la-szu
1/3(disz) ma-na 3(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 dumu ku3-nanna dumu giri3-ni-i3-sa6
1/3(disz) ma-na dumu lu2-nin-szubur
7(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 dumu si-du3
nam-5(disz) lu2-en-lil2-la2
1(u) 5(disz) gin2 ur-nun-gal
9(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 dumu ka5-a-mu
nam-5(disz) i-din-suen
2(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na 9(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
nam-dumu nibru-sze3
[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 13, 592. 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 (P117365) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P117365..

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