MVN 15, 092

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P118372

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P118372.

Transliteration

7(gesz2) 5(u) 7(asz) [x x sze gur]
sza3-gal udu niga bala-[a]
udu niga saga udu niga sa2-[du11] szara2 u3 sa2-du11 [x]
ki ARAD2-ta
ugu2 hu-wa-wa ba-a-gar
kiszib3 ur-szara2
mu ha-ar-szi ki-masz ba-hul
ur-szara2
dub-sar
dumu lugal-uszur4

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 15, 092. 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 (P118372) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P118372..

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