Princeton 1, 517

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P127206

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127206.

Transliteration

1(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz
u4 1(disz)-kam
[...] 1(u) 4(disz) gurusz
[u4] 2(disz)-kam
[...] gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-a
[a-sza3] a#-u2-da
[ugula] szara2-kam
kiszib3# a-tu
iti# sze-sag11-ku5
mu us2-sa en ga-esz ba-hun
a-tu dub-sar
dumu szesz-kal-la

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 1, 517. 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 (P127206) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127206..

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