MVN 15, 067

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P118347

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P118347.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 2(u) 9(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
en-du8-du-ta gi ga6-ga2
5(u) 1(disz) gurusz i7 amar-suen-ke4 ga2-ra a-da gub#-[ba]
1(u) gurusz tu-ra u4 1(disz)-[sze3]
1(u) 1/2(disz) gurusz ka i7 amar#-suen-ke4 ga2-ra gub-ba
4(u) 7(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
ka [i7] amusz
u3 kun-zi-da gub#-[ba]
ugula lugal-ukken-ne2
kiszib3 a-kal-la
mu en-unu2-gal inanna ba-hun
[a]-kal-[la]
dub-sar
dumu ur-nigar[ szusz3]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 15, 067. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P118347) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P118347..

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