Position in chronology
Princeton 1, 266
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126955.
Transliteration
3(barig) sze lugal sza3-gal kunga2 ki sukkal-mah e2-kikken-ta ki ka-guru7-ta kiszib3 na-silim ugu2 ur-suen ga2-ga2-dam iti sze-sag11-ku5 mu us2-sa sza-asz-szu2-ru ba-hul na-silim dumu ur-lamma szusz3 lugal
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 1, 266. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y39 — Year after: Šaššuru destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA (P126955) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126955..
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