Hermitage 3, 406

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P212262

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212262.

Transliteration

2(disz) gu4 ab-ba-kal-la
2(disz) gu4 szesz-kal-la
2(disz) gu4 igi-en-lil2-sze3
1(disz) gu4 lu2-kal-la
1(disz) gu4 lamma-igi-du
1(disz) gu4 ur-tur
1(disz) gu4 a-al-la-mu
1(disz) gu4 nu-ur2-zu
1(disz) gu4 ur-nam2-mah
2(disz) gu4 puzur4-esz18-dar szu-i
bar-ta gal2-la
kiszib3 du11-ga
szu-ti-a ga2?-dam?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 406. 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 (P212262) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212262..

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