SANTAG 6, 020

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211552

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211552.

Transliteration

1(disz) pisan-dub la2-ia3
1(disz) pisan-dub nig2-ka9 nu-ak
1(disz) pisan-dub ensi2 ma-da
1(disz) pisan-dub ugu2-a ga2-ra
kiszib3 da-da-ga
kiszib3 sza13-dub-ba
mu us2-sa a-ra2 3(disz)-kam si-mu-ru-um ba-hul-ta
mu ur-bi2-lum-sze3
1(disz) pisan-dub en8-tar
1(disz) ma-ad-li2-um kiszib3 lu2-dingir-ra

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 020. 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 (P211552) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211552..

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