Ontario 2, 177

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P209574

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209574.

Transliteration

[...] 9(disz)-ta
a-sza3 uku2?-nu-ti
2(esze3) e2-duru5 3(disz) sa 9(disz)-ta
1(esze3) 4(iku) e2-duru5 x-sa 9(disz)-ta ur-x
a-sza3 bala-a
ur-szul-pa-e3-ke4
szu szum2-mu-dam
mu e2 szara2 ba-du3
ur-szul-pa-e3
dub-sar
dumu lugal-ku3-ga-ni

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Ontario 2, 177. 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 (P209574) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209574..

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