MVN 18, 586

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P119947

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P119947.

Transliteration

[x] pisan [...]
[kusz] ge6-bi 1(u)-[am3]
kusz# u2-hab2-bi 4(disz) [x-am3]
3(disz) dug szakkan
kusz ge6-bi 2(disz)-am3#
kusz babbar2#-bi 2(disz)-am3
[kusz u2-]hab2#-bi 2(disz)-am3#
[...]-gid2-da#
nin9-he2-[li2-a]
dam a-a-kal-la
dumu ur-da-mu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 18, 586. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P119947) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P119947..

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