SANTAG 6, 175

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211481

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211481.

Transliteration

5(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 4(disz)-kam us2
ki-la2-bi 7(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na 2(disz) gin2
1(disz) tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
ki-la2-bi 4(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na 2(disz) gin2
3(disz) tug2 guz-za du
ki-la2-bi 1(u) 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) gin2
tug2 <ki>-la2 tag-ga
ki szesz-saga-ta
ur-e11-e in-la2
ur-a-szar2 szu ba-ti
kiszib3 i3-kal-la
iti szu-numun
mu hu-uh2-nu-ri ba-hul#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 175. 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 (P211481) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211481..

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