Hermitage 3, 056

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211412

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211412.

Transliteration

1/3(disz) 6(disz) gin2 la2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar
4(asz) 4(barig) sze gur-lugal
ki-uru-ta-nu-e3
ki-ur5-bi-sze3-ta
ba-zi
szu ba-ti
giri3 lu2-dingir-ra dumu-a-ba-szu-na
sza3 e2-duru5 giszimmar-du3-a-ta
iti sze-sag11-ku5

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 056. 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 (P211412) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211412..

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