Hermitage 3, 085

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211690

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211690.

Transliteration

1(disz) udu im-ti-dam lu2 lunga
2(disz) udu da-a-a
2(disz)? udu dingir-ba-ni
1(disz)? udu ug3-IL2
2(disz) udu puzur4?-ze2-da
2(disz) x da-a-kam
mu-kux(DU)
szul-gi-si2-im-ti
sza3 [...] x x
be-li2-du10 i3-dab5
iti a2-ki-ti
mu a-ra2 2(disz)-kam-asz nanna kar-zi-da e2-a-na ba-an-kux(KWU147)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 085. 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 (P211690) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211690..

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