SANTAG 6, 369

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211852

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211852.

Transliteration

2(disz) <sila3> kasz du al-li2#-a
1(disz) <sila3> kasz a-ba-ne-gin7!?
ugula ku3-ga-ni
1(disz) <sila3> a-ba-la!?
[1(disz)] <sila3> ur-[...]
[1(disz)] <sila3> ur-gigir#
ugula bi2-du11-[ga]
1(disz) <sila3> kasz saga ur-AB-[x]
[1(disz)] <sila3> kasz saga na-lu5#
1(disz) <sila3 kasz> du szesz-kal-la#
1(disz) <sila3> na-silim
ugula lu2-tur-tur

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 369. 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 (P211852) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211852..

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