FAOS 09/2, Ninmarki 2

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P254349

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P254349.

Transliteration

szul-sza3-ga
dumu ki-ag2
nin-gir2-su-ka
lugal-a-ni
ur-nin-mar
ensi2
lagasz-ke4
nam-ti-la-ni-sze3
a mu-na-ru

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — FAOS 09/2, Ninmarki 2. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Museum, University of Durham, Durham, UK (P254349) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P254349..

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