Position in chronology
Princeton 1, 206
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126895.
Transliteration
4(gesz'u) la2 2(gesz2) sa gi NE gu-nigin2-ba 1(u) sa-ta i3-gal2 ki za3-mu ugula-ta ur-e11-e-ke4 szu ba-ti iti sze-sag-ku5 mu us2-sa an-sza-an ba-hul ur-e11-e dub-sar dumu ur-nigar
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 1, 206. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y36 — Year after: Anšan destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA (P126895) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126895..
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