Princeton 1, 177

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P126866

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126866.

Transliteration

6(disz) szah2
sza3-gal u4 1(disz)-a-bi 3(disz) sila3-ta
iti 3(disz) u4 1(u) 7(disz)-sze3
iti li9-si4-ta
iti dumu-zi u4 1(u) 7(disz)-sze3
sze-bi 6(asz) 2(barig) gur
sza3-gal szah2 kasz-de2-a lugal-ka
1(asz) sze gur sza3-gal udu u2
ki e2-gal-e-ta
kiszib3 a-du-mu
mu en [eridu] ba-hun
ur-[...]
dub-sar
dumu ur-[gigir]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 1, 177. 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 (P126866) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126866..

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