Princeton 1, 093

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P126782

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126782.

Transliteration

[x] 2(disz) udu niga e2-muhaldim
[x] 2(u) 2(disz) udu niga
ki#-a-nag
[...] 3(u) udu niga
gu-ru-ru-a
2(disz) udu niga nun-gal
3(disz) udu niga sa2-du11 ta2-ba-da-ra-ah
4(disz) udu niga sa2-du11
nin-gir2-su-ka
szunigin 5(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz) udu niga
zi#-ga bala ensi2 umma-ka
[ki na]-ra-am-i3-li2-ta
[iti] ezem-szul-gi
mu# us2-sa a-ra2 3(disz)-kam [si]-mu-ru-um ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 1, 093. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA (P126782) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126782..

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