SANTAG 6, 359

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211414

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211414.

Transliteration

2/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) 5/6(disz) gin2 1(u) 6(disz) sze ku3-babbar
[x] 2(barig) 1(ban2) 9(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 6(disz) gin2 i3-nun
1(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 gin2 i3-gesz gur
6(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 i3-udu
1(asz) 5(ban2) 1(disz) sila3# [...] i3-[...]
6(asz) gu2 1(u) 5(disz) ma-na# siki kur-ra [(x)]
5(asz) gu2 4(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na 8(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 siki-gi [(x)]
4(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) tug2 gada hi-a#
5(asz) naga gur
3(u) 8(asz) gu2 im-babbar2
la2#-ia3 dingir-ra-ka
mu 3(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 359. 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 (P211414) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211414..

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