Hermitage 3, 124

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P212091

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212091.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 5(u) 4(disz) u8
2(u) 4(disz) udu-nita2
2(u) 6(disz) sila4 gub
8(disz) ud5 2(u) 1(disz) masz2 gub
4(disz) masz2-nita2
udu szu-gid2
1(disz) u8 ba-usz2
2(disz) sila4 gub ba-usz2
ki lu2-sza3-ga szusz3-ta
mu-kux(DU)
na-sa6 i3-dab5
iti szu-esz5-sza
mu si-mu-ru-um u3 lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam-ma-asz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 124. 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 (P212091) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212091..

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