Hermitage 3, 111

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P212124

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212124.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4 te-te
2(disz) sila4 si-en-nam sipa
2(disz) udu niga 1(disz) udu a-lum niga
1(disz) sila4 ar-szi-ah
2(disz) masz2-gal-babbar
1(u) 6(disz) ud5-babbar
1(disz) masz2-babbar
en inanna
1(u) 4(disz) sila4
sila4 masz szu-gi4-de3
lu2-mah-nin-tin-ug5-ga masz-e pa3-de3-ne
giri3 ensi2 nibru
mu-kux(DU)
iti ezem-nin-a-zu
mu en nanna masz-e i3-pa3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 111. 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 (P212124) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212124..

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