MVN 18, 392

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P119753

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P119753.

Transliteration

[...]
1(barig) 2(ban2) [...] dumu [...]
dumu [...] sa6 [...]
giri3 [...]
1(barig) 2(ban2)? [...]
[...] x NE [x] x ba-usz2 x
[ki ur?]-mes dumu ur-[]asznan-ta
1(barig) 2(ban2) 2(disz) ur-si-gar dumu lugal-nir-gal2
1(barig) 2(ban2) 2(disz) szara2-i3-zu dumu ur-am3-ma
1(barig) 2(ban2) 2(disz) lu2-nin-ur4-ra dumu AN-AN-ka-ka-TAR
ki ab-ba-gi-na [dumu] ur-saga-ta
[...] x [...]
[...] gi# [...] bar [...] x NI ba [...] a-du-du
[...] 2(disz) szesz-a-ni ba-usz2 [...]-x-tum
[...] 2(disz) lugal-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 18, 392. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P119753) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P119753..

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