Princeton 1, 175

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P126864

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126864.

Transliteration

1(u) la2 1(disz) u8 bar-gal2
6(disz) sila4-nita2 bar-gal2
3(u) la2 2(disz) udu-nita2 bar-gal2
6(disz) ud5
2(u) 1(disz) masz2
mu-kux(DU) szara2 a-pi4-sal4
iti dumu-zi-ta#
iti szu-numun-sze3
ki en-u2-a-ta
ugu2 nig2-du7-pa-e3 ba-a-gar
kiszib3 lu2-kal-la
mu sza-asz-ru ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 1, 175. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y6 — Šašru destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA (P126864) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126864..

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