Princeton 2, 213

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P201211

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201211.

Transliteration

1(disz) gu4 apin-gu4
4(disz) gurusz nita
1(u) 3(disz) gurusz lu2 hun-ga2 e2-duru5 inanna
6(disz) gurusz lu2 hun-ga2 si-mu-ru-um
giri3 u4-szara2#
[...] gurusz lu2 hun-ga2 lu-lu-bu-sze3
giri3 ur-lamma
3(u) 2(disz) gurusz
a-sza3 suhur u4 1(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 2, 213. 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 (P201211) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201211..

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