Position in chronology
Princeton 1, 248
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126937.
Transliteration
1(disz) al zu2 si-ga 1(u) gesz gu4 s,e-pi2-ir ki lu2-kal-la-ta kiszib3 da-<a>-gi4 nu-banda3-gu4 iti szu-numun mu us2-sa an-sza-an ba-hul ur-sila-luh dumu inim-szara2? sa12-du5
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 1, 248. 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 (P126937) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126937..
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