NRVN 1, 100

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P122315

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Transliteration

1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar masz2 nu-tuku
ki ur-szul-pa-e3-ta
kal-la
szu ba-ti
iti apin-du8-a
u4 5(disz) ba-zal
mu en inanna
unu masz2 i3-pa3
x-la-a
dumu x-x-[x]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NRVN 1, 100. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ist Ni 01439 (cast: CBS 09538 ?) (Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey) — from Nippur (mod. Nuffar) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P122315). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P122315..

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