Hermitage 3, 356

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211696

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211696.

Transliteration

2(disz) gu4 niga 3(disz)-kam us2
a2-ge6-ba-a
nanna-igi-du sagi maszkim
2(disz) gu4 a2-u4-te-na
la-ma-har sagi maszkim
en-lil2 nin-lil2
iti u4 1(disz) ba-zal
bala ur-nin-kur-ra ensi2 szuruppak
ki lu2-sa6-ga-ta ba-zi
giri3 ur-szu-ga-lam-ma dub-sar
sza3 tum-ma-al
iti ezem-mah
mu en nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun
4(disz) gu4

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 356. 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 (P211696) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211696..

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