Hermitage 3, 074

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211885

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211885.

Transliteration

9(bur3)  2(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 masz-tuku
ku3-bi 1(u) 4(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na 1(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sze
4(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 ku3 pa-muszen
szunigin 1(u) 9(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 1(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sze ku3-babbar
sza3-bi-ta
1(u) 9(disz) 5/6(disz) gin2 ku3
gu-du-du szu ba-ti
szunigin 1(u) 9(disz)# 5/6(disz) gin2 ku3
zi-ga-am3
diri igi-6(disz)-gal2 1(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) sze ku3
nig2-ka9-ak ku3 masz a-sza3-ga
lu2-szul-gi-ra
mu en inanna unu masz2-e i3-pa3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 074. 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 (P211885) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211885..

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