Hermitage 3, 029

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211433

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211433.

Transliteration

1(u) 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga
1(u) 3(disz) sila3 ninda
1(u) 2(disz) gin2 i3-gesz
sa2-du11 u4 2(disz)-kam
ba-a-a sukkal
1(u) 5(disz) sila3 kasz du
1(u) 5(disz) sila3 ninda
1(u) gin2 i3-gesz sa2-du11 u4 [n]-kam
ur-da-mu sukkal
e2 usz-bar-sze3 gen-na-me
7(disz)? sila3 kasz 4(disz) sila3 ninda
4(disz)? gin2 i3-gesz
a-hu-a lu2-[...]
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu gu-za ba-dim2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 029. 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 (P211433) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211433..

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