Ontario 2, 158

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P209516

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209516.

Transliteration

9(asz) sze gur
e2 lu2 hun-ga2
kiszib3 lu2-he2-gal2 dumu ur-szara2
sze gibil us2?-sa szu-tum szabra-ta
2(barig) 3(ban2) sze-ba e-dah-ha he2-dab5
kiszib3 ensi2-ka
1(asz) 1(barig) sze ur5-ra zi3-da gur
kiszib3 lugal-e-ba-an-sa6
2(asz) 4(barig) sze gibil gur
bar-ta-gal2-la
e2-gibil-ta
ki lu2-szul-gi-ta
iti dumu-zi
mu en ga-esz ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Ontario 2, 158. 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 (P209516) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209516..

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