Hermitage 3, 064

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211846

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211846.

Transliteration

2(ban2) sze lugal
lu2-gesz-bar-e3 dumu ur2-ra-dingir
1(asz) a-tu-x muhaldim
2(barig) ur-ba-ba6
2(barig) sze-ka-a
1(barig) lu2-gesz-bar-e3
2(barig) ba-ba6-i3-zu muhaldim ur-lamma
4(disz)!? ma2? 4(ban2)!? 5(disz) sila3-ta
gir2-nun-ta
1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gir2-su
sze-bi 2(barig) a2 ma2 hun-ga2
szunigin 3(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) gur

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 064. 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 (P211846) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211846..

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