SANTAG 6, 115

~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211413

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211413.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[x] tug2 bar ur-nigar [gu4?]-lah5 ki ur-ki-ni
[...] ur-e2-gu-la gab2#-us2 ki szesz-a-ni unu3
zah3# ba-al-la
sza3# en-nun-na
[...] ARAD2#-nanna gu-za-[la2]
1(disz) tug2# [...] 1(disz) [...]
1(disz) tug2# [...]
e2 gu-la umma
1(disz) tug2 bar lu2-suen sza3-gu4
a-ru-a ur-mu-ru-ka
im tug2-ba e2-gal-ka nu-ub-gi-in
iti# li9-si4
mu [amar]-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 115. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y2 — Urbilum destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P211413) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211413..

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