Princeton 2, 112

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P201110

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201110.

Transliteration

[n] dusu2-munus
szu-gid2
mu ur-mah-sze3
iti u4 2(u) 4(disz) ba-zal
ki ur-ku3-nun-na-ta ba-zi
giri3 nu-ur2-suen dub-sar
iti ezem-nin-a-zu
mu us2-sa si-ma-num2 ba-hun
[...] dusu2
nu-ur2-suen
dub-sar
dumu i-di3-[er3-ra]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 2, 112. 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 (P201110) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201110..

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