Hermitage 3, 057

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211428

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211428.

Transliteration

2(u) 1(disz) ab2 2(disz@t) sze 3(disz) sila3-ta
sze-bi 1(barig) 3(disz) sila3
1(u) 7(disz) sila4 1(disz) sila3-ta
sze-bi 1(ban2) 7(disz) sila3
u4 1(u) 2(disz)-kam
2(u) 1(disz) ab2 3(disz) sila3-ta
sze-bi 1(barig) 3(disz) sila3
2(u) sila4 1(disz) sila3-ta
sze-bi 2(ban2)
u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam
iti diri sze-sag11-ku5

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 057. 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 (P211428) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211428..

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