Hermitage 3, 469

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211934

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211934.

Transliteration

2(disz) tug2 disz-gada
ensi2
3(disz) tug2 ba-an-sa6 dumu-ni-a-mu
1(disz) tug2 ur-da-da
1(disz) tug2 da-gi
1(disz) tug2 ab-ba-saga
1(disz) tug2 sipa-da-ri2
1(disz) tug2 sze-er-ha-an
2(disz) tug2 ur-gu2-de3-na
mu-kux(DU) nin-sun2
szu-ma-ma-an-dul3 gal2-la

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 469. 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 (P211934) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211934..

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