SANTAG 6, 004

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211910

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211910.

Transliteration

3(u) la2 1(disz) szum2
da-a-gi
2(gesz2) 4(u)#? szum2
al-la-zu?
1(gesz2) [...] 2(u) [szum2]
[]szara2#-kam
[x] szum2
9(disz) sar gu
ur-isztaran x
szum2-ra ka-ma-ri2-ka
iti sig4-i3-szub-ga2-ra
mu nig2-ka9-ak al-la-ka mu 3(disz)-kam us2-bi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 004. 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 (P211910) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211910..

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