Hermitage 3, 097

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P212049

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212049.

Transliteration

1(u) uz-tur
szara2-kam
4(u) tu-gur4
szar-ru-um-i3-li2
2(disz) uz-tur
dumu-munus kur-giri3-ni-sze3
iti-ta u4 2(u) 4(disz) ba-ra-zal
mu-kux(DU) szul-gi-si2-im-tum
a2-bi2-la-tum <i3-dab5>
iti ezem-an-na
mu en nanna masz-e i3-pa3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 097. 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 (P212049) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212049..

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