Ontario 2, 295

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P209629

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209629.

Transliteration

1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze [...] nam-zi-tar-ra
1(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ha-ni-[...]
1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 lugal-a-[...]
1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ur-szara2
1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 la-gi5-ip
5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 na-an-na
3(barig) inim-szara2
szunigin 1(asz) gi-ba gur-ne
ki ka-guru7-ta
kiszib3# in#-sa6-sa6
ki-su7 a-sza3 lugal-lal3#?
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li mu-hul
in?-sa6-sa6
dub-sar
dumu bi2-du11-ga

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Ontario 2, 295. 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 (P209629) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209629..

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