SANTAG 6, 351

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211870

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211870.

Transliteration

4(gesz2) ku6 al-dar
6(gesz2) ku6 kun-zi
5(disz) ku6 hal
2(disz) gir ma-sa2?-ab
du6-ku3 en-lil2-la2-sze3
ki lugal-sa6-ga-ta
u3-ma-ni
szu ba-ti
iti min8-esz3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 351. 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 (P211870) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211870..

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