SANTAG 6, 096

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211453

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211453.

Transliteration

4(disz) kusz <a>-ga2-la2
1(disz) kusz <u2>-hab2
ki a-kal-la-ta
kiszib3 lu2-nin-szubur
sza3 bala-a
iti dumu-zi
mu ha-ar-szi ki-masz ba-hul
lu2-[nin-szubur]
dub-sar
dumu szesz-kal-la [szabra]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 096. 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 (P211453) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211453..

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