Princeton 1, 412

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P127101

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127101.

Transliteration

1(bur3) 3(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 2(disz)
4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta
a2 erin2-na-bi u4 2(u) 8(disz) 1/3(disz)
a-sza3-bi i-szar-ru-um-e in-uru4
ugula i7-pa-e3
kiszib3 nu-ur2-iszkur
a-sza3 nin-ur4-ra
mu ma2 en-ki ba-ab-du8
nu-ur2-iszkur
dub-sar
dumu szu#-iszkur#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 1, 412. 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 (P127101) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127101..

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