SANTAG 6, 153

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211813

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211813.

Transliteration

3(disz) udu u2
bara2 gir13-gesz
1(disz) udu gu-la umma
1(disz) masz2 en-lil2-la2
1(disz) sila4 balag u4-nu2-a
1(disz) udu
ki-a-nag ensi2-ke4-ne
szunigin 5(disz) udu u2 szunigin 1(disz) sila4
szunigin 1(disz) masz2
ki a-lu5-lu5-ta
zi-ga-am3
iti dal
mu sza-asz-szu2-ru-um a-ra2 2(disz)-kam ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 153. 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 (P211813) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211813..

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