Princeton 1, 328

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P127017

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127017.

Transliteration

1(disz) za-an-na-a
1(disz) a-kal-la dumu dingir-ga2
iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la-ta
iti li9-si4-sze3
1(disz)# [x]-nanna
u4 1(u) 4(disz)-sze3
en-nu-ga2 ti-la
ugula tab-sza!-la
kiszib3 dingir-ra
mu ma2 en-ki ba-ab-du8
lu2-dingir-ra
dub-sar
dumu lu2-ga

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 1, 328. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA (P127017) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127017..

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