SANTAG 6, 180

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211830

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211830.

Transliteration

2(u) 4(disz) tug2 u2 kal
2(u) 2(disz) tug2 u2 muru13
1(disz) tug2 u2 tur
ki-la2-bi 2(asz) gu2 5(u) ma-na 5(disz) gin2
2(u) 8(disz) tug2 mug kal
1(u) tug2 mug muru13
1(disz) tug2 mug tur
ki-la2-bi 2(asz) gu2 1(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-na
tug2 ki-la2 tag-ga
ki szesz-saga-ta
i3-kal-la szu ba-ti
iti e2-iti-6(disz)
mu hu-uh2-nu-ri ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 180. 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 (P211830) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211830..

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