Princeton 1, 130

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P126819

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126819.

Transliteration

1(u) kusz gu4
4(disz) kusz ab2 gir
2(disz) kusz amar
1(u) 2(disz) kusz udu du10-gan
6(disz) kusz sila4
7(disz) kusz masz2 du10-gan
kusz siki mu2
kusz gu4 udu nam-ra-ak
ba-da-du szimaszgi
ki szu-en-lil2-la2 dumu lugal-ta
ur-lal3 szu ba-ti
giri3 i-din-suen dumu a-la-zum
iti ezem-nin-a-zu
mu ki-masz u3 hu-ur5-ti ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 1, 130. 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 (P126819) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126819..

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