SANTAG 6, 353

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211582

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211582.

Transliteration

2(disz) eme-gesz
4(disz) ur2 a2-apin
3(disz) esz2 ki-la2-bi
2/3(disz) ma-na
2(disz) ba-an-du5
1(disz) ninda2-gi
ki szesz-kal-la-ta
nig2-u2#-rum szu ba-ti
iti e2-iti-6(disz)
[nig2]-u2-[rum]
[dub-sar?]
dumu# nanna#-[i3-zu?]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 353. 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 (P211582) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211582..

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