Hermitage 3, 083

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P212065

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212065.

Transliteration

4(disz) udu 1(disz) masz2
dam szu-idim
1(disz) sila4
1(disz) gu4 1(u) 2(disz) udu 1(disz) masz2
ba-za-a
1(disz) gu4 5(disz) udu u2
5(disz) masz2 ur-suen
1(disz) gu4 niga 4(disz) udu u2
3(disz) masz2 sukkal-mah
1(disz) gu4 niga 4(disz) udu u2
2(disz) masz2 nir-in-da-gal2
mu-kux(DU) szul-gi-si2-im-tum-ma
be-li2-du10 i3-dab5
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu us2-sa a-ra2 3(disz)-kam# si-mu-ru-um ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 083. 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 (P212065) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212065..

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