Princeton 1, 329

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P127018

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127018.

Transliteration

1(u) 5(disz) gurusz 1(disz) tu-ra
ugula gu2-tar
1(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz
ugula ur-ama-na
6(disz) gurusz
ugula ur-szul-pa-e3
3(disz) gurusz
ugula ba-sa6
szunigin 3(u) 4(disz)
gurum2 ak u4 1(disz)-kam su7 ma2 NE-la-ka kur2-da-ra
iti min-esz3
mu us2-sa ki-masz ba-hul mu us2-sa-bi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 1, 329. 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 (P127018) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127018..

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