Ontario 1, 013

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P124426

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124426.

Transliteration

2(disz) [udu]
4(disz) masz2-gal
2(disz) uz-tur
1(disz) [sila4?]
wa-at-ra-at ugula
1(disz) udu niga sa2!-du11!
1(disz) masz2 [...]
szi-ba-[...]
iti-ta u4 6(disz) ba-ra-zal
mu-kux(DU)
szul-gi-si2-im-tum
ur-lugal-edin-[na-ka] i3-dab5
iti u5-bi2-gu7
mu us2-sa [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Ontario 1, 013. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (P124426) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124426..

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