SANTAG 6, 011

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211606

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211606.

Transliteration

1(disz) gada gal saga sza3-gu
1(disz) gada sza3-ga-du3 saga
1(disz) gada a-dab6
1(disz) gada sza3-ga-du3 saga us2
1(disz) szakkan du10-gan i3-nun du10-bi 5/6(disz) sila3
4(disz) ha-zi-in
ma2-da-ga-sze3
giri3# lu2-szara2
iti pa4-u2-e-ta u4 2(disz)-am3 ib2-ta-zal
mu si-mu#-ru-um <<ba-ki>> ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 011. 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 (P211606) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211606..

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