Position in chronology
Princeton 2, 173
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201171.
Transliteration
1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) sar gi ze2-a 1(u) 3(disz) sar-ta a2-bi u4 1(gesz2)-kam 4(u) sar numun ku5-a 2(u) sar-ta a2-bi 2(gesz2) 2(u)-kam a2 lu2 hun-ga2 6(disz) sila3-ta [a-sza3] e2-mah ugula lugal-ku3-ga-ni kiszib3 lugal-he2-gal2 mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3 lugal-he2-gal2 dub-sar dumu ur-utu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 2, 173. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA (P201171) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201171..
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