Hermitage 3, 277

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211607

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211607.

Transliteration

2(disz) udu a-lum niga i3-lal3-lum
tu-ra-am-da-gan maszkim#
1(disz) udu 1(disz) masz2 dam a-mi-ir-szul-gi
sza3 mu-kux(DU) in-da-da nu-banda3
a-na-ti sukkal maszkim
2(disz) udu niga da-da gala
2(disz) udu niga ur-nin-gubalag nar
mu-kux(DU) ur-lamma ensi2
szu-ma-ma zabar-dab5 maszkim
u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta ba-zi
iti szu-esz5-sza
mu en-unu6-gal inanna unu ba-hun
8(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 277. 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 (P211607) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211607..

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