Princeton 2, 373

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P201372

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201372.

Transliteration

4(gesz2) 3(u) sa gi gu-nigin2-ba 1(u) sa-ta
gu-nigin2-bi 2(u) 7(disz)-am3
a2-bi u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam
gi-a! SIG7-a
gurusz-e 1(disz) gu-nigin2-ta
sza3 en-du8-du-ta
ga2-nun kar-ra-sze3
ugula ARAD2-mu
kiszib3 lugal-iti-da
mu sza-asz-szu2-ru-um ba-hul
[...]
nu-banda3?
dumu [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 2, 373. 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 (P201372) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201372..

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