Hermitage 3, 069

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211745

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211745.

Transliteration

1(barig) 1(ban2) szum2 ha-din
2(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 esir2 E2-A gur
7(asz) 3(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 naga gur
1(u) 2(asz) gu2 5(u) 5(disz) ma-na im-babbar2
1(barig) 4(ban2) gu2-tur
5(szar2) pa muszen
2(u) 7(disz) ma-na igi esir2 had2
5(u) 2(disz) ma-na esir2
ki dam-gar3-ne-ta
giri3 da-da-ga
la-ni-mu szu ba-ti
mu si-mu-ru-um lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 069. 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 (P211745) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211745..

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