SANTAG 6, 052

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211482

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211482.

Transliteration

1(disz) gin2 ku3 lam kiri6 du6 ur-na-a-ka sa10-a
kiszib3 lugal-ku3-zu sukkal
1(disz) gin2 la2 1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3 szinig i3-szub-ka sa10-a
kiszib3 lugal-ezem szabra
2/3(disz) ma-na su-he2
mu us2-sa a-ra2 3(disz)-kam si-mu-ru-um
ku3-bi 1(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2
kiszib3 ur-szara2
1(u) gin2 la2-igi-3(disz)-gal2 su-he2
ku3-bi 1/3(disz) gin2 la2 2(disz) sze
mu bad3 ba-du3
kiszib3 da-da-ga
mu en nanna masz2-e i3-pa3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 052. 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 (P211482) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211482..

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