SANTAG 6, 046

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211738

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211738.

Transliteration

7(disz) u8 bar-su-ga
2(disz) kir11 bar-su-ga
1(gesz2) [...] 2(u) 3(disz) udu-nita2 bar-su-ga
2(disz) ud5
2(u) 5(disz) masz2
kiszib3 nig2-du7-pa-e3
mu-kux(DU) szara2
3(u) 8(disz) masz2 szu-nir
kiszib3 lugal-he2-gal2
mu-kux(DU) szara2 a-pi4-sal4
ki en-u2-a-ta
mu sza-asz-szu2-ru-um ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 046. 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 (P211738) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211738..

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