Princeton 1, 369

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P127058

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127058.

Transliteration

3(ban2) sze-ba lugal
geme2-nun-gal
1(ban2) lu2-nin-ur4-ra dumu-ni
3(ban2) hal-la-a
3(ban2) geme2-sukkal
3(ban2) a-a-ki-lu5-la
kiszib3 lu2-tur-tur
iti dumu-zi
mu en-unu6-gal
szesz-[...]
dub-sar
[dumu ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 1, 369. 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 (P127058) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127058..

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