SANTAG 6, 123

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P212203

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212203.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) gesz gal
5(u) 1(disz) e2-da
2(u) 2(disz) e2-da tur
1(gesz2) 1(u) ka2
1(gesz2) 1(u) u2-bil2-la 4(disz) kusz3-ta
1(gesz2) 3(u) u2-bil2-la
5(u) gu2 u2-bil2-la 1(u) 2(disz)-ta
6(disz) nigin2 pa gesz ku5
gesz sag3-ga
tir i7 gal-la
giri3 a-du-mu
kiszib3 ur-gigir
mu ku3 gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 123. 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 (P212203) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212203..

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