SANTAG 6, 101

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211445

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211445.

Transliteration

2(gesz2) [...] 1(u) tug2 usz-bar
ki-la2-bi 7(asz)# gu2 5(u) 2(disz)#? ma-na
sza3-bi-ta
1(u) 8(disz) tug2 ur-gigir# [x]
1(u) 7(disz) tug2 usz-mu
2(u) 6(disz) tug2 lugal-ur2-ra#-ni
1(gesz2) tug2 ur-suen
1(u) la2 1(disz) tug2 i3-kal-la
szunigin 2(gesz2) [...] 1(u) tug2 usz-bar
[tug2] tuku5-a a-ra2 3(disz)-kam
[ki da]-da#-ga-ta
[...]
[mu us2-sa] ki-masz [ba-hul mu us2]-sa-a-bi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 101. 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 (P211445) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211445..

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