Princeton 2, 231

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P201229

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201229.

Transliteration

1(bur3) 3(iku) GAN2 sanga
1(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 sza13-dub-ba
1(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 sa12-du5
1(esze3) 2(iku) szar2-ra-<ab>-du
3(disz) nu-banda3-gu4 GAN2-ta
1(esze3) gu-za-la2
1(esze3) nar
1(esze3) 3(iku) lugal-ki-[...]
1(esze3) 2(iku) ur-sa6-[...]
1(esze3) 2(iku) ku3-[...]
1(bur3) [...]
udu-bi 2(u) 5(disz)
ugula sanga e2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 2, 231. 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 (P201229) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201229..

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