Position in chronology
Princeton 2, 260
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201258.
Transliteration
la2-ia3 1(disz) gin2 2/3(disz) 1(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sze ku3-babbar 5(asz) 4(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 sze-gesz-i3 gur lugal 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila i3-ku6 [...] ku6 gur [...] 2(disz) masz [...] saga [...] gab2-IL2 si#-i3-tum nig2-ka9-ak ki da-da-ta ur-szul-pa-e3 su-su-dam iti amar-a-a-si mu us2-sa an-sza-an ba-hul ba-til
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 2, 260. 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 (P201258) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201258..
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