SANTAG 6, 177

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P212000

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212000.

Transliteration

1(szar2) 5(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) nigin2 pa-ku5 asalx(|A.TU.NIR|)
gu-nigin2-ba 4(disz)-ta
ga2-nun gesz ummux(|A.EDIN|)?
ki ur-sila-luh-ta
lu2-igi-sa6-sa6#
szu ba-ti
giri3-lugal-iti-da
1(u) 2(disz) dal
iti min3-esz3
mu bi2-tum-ra-bi2-um ba-hul
lu2-igi-sa6-sa6
dub-sar
dumu ur-gigir

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 177. 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 (P212000) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212000..

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