Princeton 2, 403

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P201402

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201402.

Transliteration

3(u) 7(disz) 1/3(disz) sar kin sahar
a2 lu2 hun-ga2
6(disz) sila3 sze-ta
<<i7>> i7 sal4-la ba-al-la
giri3 ha-ba-lu-ge2
a-kal-la u3 lugal-e2-mah-e ib2-gid2
1(u) 4(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
[ki ARAD2-ta] zi-ga
a2 lu2 hun-ga2
kiszib3 lugal-e2-mah-e
mu us2-sa ki-masz ba-hul
lugal-e2-mah-e
dub-sar
dumu lugal-ku3-ga-ni

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 2, 403. 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 (P201402) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201402..

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