Hermitage 3, 344

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P212158

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212158.

Transliteration

1(disz) udu niga saga us2
ki-ri2-ib-ul-me lu2 si-mu-ru-um
u4 na-gab2-tum mu-nigin2-na-a
giri3 nanna-kam sukkal
ARAD2-mu maszkim
iti u4 1(u) 7(disz) ba-zal
ki igi-en-lil2-sze3-ta
ba-zi
giri3 er3-ra-ba-ni dub-sar
iti ezem-mah
mu en eridu ba-hun
1(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 344. 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 (P212158) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212158..

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