Princeton 2, 197

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P201195

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201195.

Transliteration

1(u) 5(disz) ug3-IL2 sila3 u4 1(u)-sze3
ki-su7-ra <a-sza3> bad3-du3 u3 a-sza3 gibil4
in-u du3-a
ugula ku3-ga-ni
kiszib3 na-ba-sa6
mu en eridu ba-hun
na-ba-sa6
dumu he2-sa6
iszib szara2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 2, 197. 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 (P201195) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201195..

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