Ontario 1, 112

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P124525

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124525.

Transliteration

4(disz) gu4 niga
sa2-du11 inanna sza3 unu-ga
en-lil2-la2-i3-sa6 i3-dab5
iti u4 2(u) 5(disz) ba-zal
ki szul-gi-a-a-mu-ta
ba-zi
iti ezem-me-ki-gal2
mu amar-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Ontario 1, 112. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y1 — Amar-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (P124525) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124525..

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