Princeton 1, 088

~2042 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P126777

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126777.

Transliteration

3(disz) gu4 niga
ezem GAN2-masz gir2-su-sze3
iti u4 3(u) la2 1(disz) ba-zal
ki szul-gi-a-a-mu-ta
bala nanna-zi-sza3-gal2 ensi2 gir2-su
ba-an-zi
kiszib3 ka5-a-mu
iti masz-da3-gu7
mu en-mah-gal-an-na en nanna ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 1, 088. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y5 — En-maḫgalanna en-priest of Nanna installed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA (P126777) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126777..

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