Princeton 2, 305

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P201304

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201304.

Transliteration

1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 2(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) sze gur lugal
kiszib3 nin-a-na
1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 2(asz) gur sze
kiszib3 ka5-a-mu
gur kiszib3 ab-ba
2(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) sze gur
3(asz) 3(barig) zi3 gur
kiszib3-bi 3(disz) kiszib3 lu2-[...]
sza3 GAN2-na
lu2-nin-[...]-ka-ta
da-da szu ba-ti

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 2, 305. 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 (P201304) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201304..

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