Ontario 2, 327

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P209632

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209632.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 6(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 ninda du gur
sza3 a2 u4-da-ka
ra2-gaba sza3 e2-gal
giri3 lugal-a2-zi-da
sza3 bala-a
iti szu-numun-na
mu szu-suen lugal-e na-ru2-a-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Ontario 2, 327. 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 (P209632) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209632..

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