Hermitage 3, 216

~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P212094

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212094.

Transliteration

4(gesz2) udu
3(gesz2) u8
5(u) la2 1(disz@t) masz2-nita2
1(u) 1(disz) masz2 gub
2(gesz2) ud5
nig2-ba lugal
a-mur-szul-gi u3 szul-gi-pa2-li2-il
lu2 ma-ri2-me
ARAD2#-mu maszkim
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta#
ba-zi
iti# sze-sag11-ku5
mu# amar-suen lugal-[e] ur#-bi2-lum mu-hul
1(gesz'u)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 216. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y2 — Urbilum destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P212094) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212094..

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