Princeton 1, 327

~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P127016

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127016.

Transliteration

1(disz) szesz-kal-la
dumu lu2-nin-szubur
iti 3(disz) u4 5(disz)-sze3
en-nu-ga2 ti-la
ugula da-du-mu
kiszib3 lu2-dingir-ra
mu gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
lu2-dingir-ra
dub-sar
dumu ku3-sa6-ga

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 1, 327. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA (P127016) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127016..

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