Ontario 2, 294

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P209622

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209622.

Transliteration

1(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze-ba
al-lu
1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 lu2-nin-szubur
szesz-kal-la
ARAD2-szara2
ugula lugal-nesag-e
1(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 lugal-nam-mah-zu
ar3-ar3 sa2-du11-me
1(barig) 1(ban2) ur-sila-luh er3 lugal-ezem
giri3-se3-ga ensi2-ka
iti nesag
mu szu-suen lugal-e na-ru2-a-mah mu-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Ontario 2, 294. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y1 — Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (P209622) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209622..

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