SANTAG 6, 360

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211460

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211460.

Transliteration

2(disz) lu2 ba-ba-ti
2(disz) sila3 lu2 kin-gi4-<a>
2(disz) sila3 sukkal lugal
1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 lu2 nir-i3-da-gal2
2(disz) sila3 lu2 ur-ba-ba6
2(disz) sila3 nanna-dalla
2(disz) sila3 a-zu
2(disz) sila3 lu2 kin-gi4-a
4(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 sa2-du11
3(disz) sila3 sze udul2
3(disz) sila3 esza
szunigin 3(disz) sila3 esza
szunigin 1(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 zi3-gu saga
szunigin 1(barig) 1/2(disz) sila3 dabin
u4 3(u)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 360. 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 (P211460) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211460..

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