SANTAG 6, 313

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211452

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211452.

Transliteration

3(disz) udu masz2 hi-a
sze-ta sa10-a
1(disz) masz2 gu2-na
gigir u4 imin-na
iti nesag-ka
u4 zal-la-sze3
inim-szara2-ke4
szum2-mu-da-am3
tukum-bi la-ba-szum2
8(disz) udu masz2 hi-a szum2-mu-da mu lugal-bi
in-pa3
mu ma-da za-ab-sza-li ba-hul
inim-szara2
dub-sar
dumu lugal-iti-da

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 313. 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 (P211452) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211452..

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