SANTAG 6, 032

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211836

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211836.

Transliteration

5(asz) gu2 3(u) 8(disz) ma-na 5(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 2(u) sze siki mug
siki-bi usz-bar-ra
in-ni-la2
3(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na 9(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 1(u) sze
bi2-gu7 usz-bar-ra nu-u3-na-an-zi
siki-bi usz-bar-ra
in-ni-la2
ka-ga gi-na
kiszib3 lugal-inim-gi-na
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu bad3 ba-du3-ta
iti szu-numun
mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 032. 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 (P211836) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211836..

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