MVN 15, 192

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P118472

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P118472.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4
na-ah-szum-bala
1(disz) sila4
ma-at-gi4-gi4 gala-mah iri-sa12-rig7
1(disz) sila4 ur-nigar ab2-ri2-ig esz3
2(disz) udu niga gu4-[e-us2-sa]
1(disz) sila4
ur-nin-sun2 szabra
u4 3(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
mu-kux(DU)
ab-ba-sa6-ga
i3-dab5
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu en-unu6-gal inanna unu ba-hun
6(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 15, 192. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (P118472) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P118472..

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