Hermitage 3, 034

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211444

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211444.

Transliteration

3(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na siki tug2 nig2-lam2 us2 szar3
2(u) 8(disz) ma-na siki tug2 nig2-[...] us2 szar3
3(u) ma-na siki tug2 [...]-kam us2
3(u) [...] ma-na [...]
n ma-na siki tug2 3(disz)-kam us2
1(asz)? gu2 3(disz) ma-na siki tug2 4(disz)-kam us2
a2 gesz-gar-ra
ur-hendur-sag
szu ba-ti
iti ezem-li9-si4
mu en-nun-e-amar-suen-ki-ag2 en eridu ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 034. 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 (P211444) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211444..

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