Hermitage 3, 052

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211429

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211429.

Transliteration

2(disz) sila3 ninda
ur-da-mu
2(disz) sila3 ur3-re-ba-du7
2(disz) sila3 lu2-nin-gir2-su-e2-udu
2(disz) sila3 du-szu sig7-a
5(disz) sila3 mar-tu-munus
4(disz) sila3 lu2-dab5-ba sza3-en-nu
6(disz) sila3 lu2-dab5-ba ga2-nun-gesz-ka gub-ba
giri3 lu2-nimgir
8(disz) ur-gi7 2(disz) sila3 ninda-ta
ninda-bi 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3
4(disz) sila3 sipa-ur
zi-ga u4 2(disz)-kam
iti ezem-ba-ba6

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 052. 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 (P211429) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211429..

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