SANTAG 6, 268

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P212195

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212195.

Transliteration

1(u) ma-an-sim us2
5(disz) ma-an-sim dabin
1(u) su7-su7
7(disz) gur zi3!(TUG2) ga6
2(u) gur nag
kin esir2 su-ba
2(disz) <kid> szer7-ru-um
ki-la2-bi 2/3(disz) sar
ki a-gu-ta
kiszib3 da-gu
mu us2-sa ma2 en-ki ba-ab-du8
da-gu
dumu lugal-ur2-ra-ni

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 268. 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 (P212195) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212195..

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