Position in chronology
Princeton 1, 324
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127013.
Transliteration
1(disz) lu2-szara2 ARAD2 nanna zah3 en-nun-ta iti szu-numun-ta <u4> 1(u) 5(disz)-am3 ba-ra-zal-la-ta ur-suen sipa i3-dab5 mu en-mah-gal-an-na ba-hun-ga2 ur-suen dumu ur-[...] PA-[UDU]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 1, 324. 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 (P127013) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127013..
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