Position in chronology
Princeton 1, 035
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126724.
Transliteration
2(disz) udu niga 2(disz) udu a-lum gesz-du3 5(disz) u8 a-lum 1(disz) sila4 2(u) la2 1(disz) masz2-gal 1(disz) masz2 u4 2(u)-kam ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta na-lu5 i3-dab5 iti ezem-szul-gi mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun 3(u)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 1, 035. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y4 — En-unugal of Inanna installed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA (P126724) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126724..
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