SANTAG 6, 130

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211636

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211636.

Transliteration

2(disz) udu bar-gal2
1(u) 4(disz) udu bar-su-ga 1(disz) masz2
1(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 i3-nun
1(u) 2(disz) ga gazi
1(barig) la2 1(disz) sila3 ga-UD@g
7(disz) sila3 ga-UD@g
2(asz) gu2 4(u) 6(disz) ma-na siki-ud5
ki ur-e11-e-ta
nig2-ka9 sza3-ze2 a-pi4-sal4-ke4 ba-ab-IL2
mu en-mah-gal-an-na ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 130. 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 (P211636) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211636..

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