MVN 20, 077

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P143010

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P143010.

Transliteration

3(u) 4(disz) tug2 usz-bar
2(u) 3(disz) tug2 usz-bar zu2-uh
1(u) tug2 usz-bar tur
7(disz) tug2 usz-bar nig2-dara2
ki a-kal-la-ta
2(u) la2 1(disz) tug2 usz-bar tur
8(disz) tug2 usz-bar zu2-uh
3(disz) tug2 sza3-ga-du3 du# zu2-uh
1(disz) gada du sumun
ki lugal-isztaran-ta
tug2# szara2 kar-ra#
ki# ensi2-ka-ta
kiszib3 i3-kal-la# lu2-kal-la ba-an-dabx(U8)
gaba-ri kiszib3 lu2-kal-la
mu ku3 gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 20, 077. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P143010) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P143010..

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