SANTAG 6, 012

~2072 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211697

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211697.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(disz) gu4 1(u) 2(disz) udu u2
4(disz) masz2
a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
4(disz) udu kur
1(disz) masz2-gal#
a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
mu-kux(DU) lugal
sza3 uri5
ki ensi2-x?-ta? geszimmar lu2? x x x
in da ba
tir-ku3 i3-dab5
ki# tir?-ku3?-ta#
ad?-da? i3-dab5
iti pa5-u2-e
mu si-mu-ru-um ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 012. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y23 — Simurrum destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P211697) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211697..

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