Hermitage 3, 127

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P212086

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212086.

Transliteration

1(disz) kunga2-nita2 mu 3(asz)
1(u) 5(disz) kunga2-nita2 mu 2(asz)
6(disz) kunga2-munus mu 4(asz)
1(disz) kunga2-munus mu 3(asz)
1(u) 2(disz) kunga2-munus mu 2(asz)
iri-sa12-rig7-ta
mu-kux(DU) lugal
ki na-ra-am-i3-li2-ta
e2-a-i3-li2 i3-dab5
zi-ga ki na-sa6
iti diri sze-sag11-ku5
mu si-mu-ru-um u3 lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam-asz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 127. 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 (P212086) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212086..

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