Position in chronology
Princeton 2, 332
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201331.
Transliteration
1(u) 8(disz) gurusz u4 4(disz)-sze3 ma2-la2-a kesz2-ra2 u4 1(u) 2(disz)-sze3 ma2 gid2-da ma2 diri-ga u4 3(disz)-sze3 ba-al-la [ga2]-nun-na kux(KWU147)-ra [...] kiszib3 ukken-ne2 mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun-ga2 ukken-ne2 dub-sar dumu ur-gigir?
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 2, 332. 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 (P201331) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201331..
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