Position in chronology
Princeton 1, 513
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127202.
Transliteration
4(disz) gurusz engar sza3-gu4 iti szu-numun-ta u4 2(u) 6(disz)-am3 ba-ra-zal-la-ta iti ezem-szul-gi u4 2(u) 1(disz)-am3 zal-la-asz sza3 musz-bi-an-na ugula ur-en-lil2-la2 kiszib3 lu2-dingir-ra mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun lu2-dingir-ra dub-sar dumu he2-ma-du
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 1, 513. 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 (P127202) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127202..
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