Ontario 2, 343

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P209608

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209608.

Transliteration

1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) du5 suhur-gal
2(gesz2) 3(u) ku6 ti-la
ku6 kun-zi-bi 1(u)-ta
4(gesz2) 1(u) ku6 kun-zi
4(gesz2) 1(u) ku6 sag-kesz2
ku6 sag-kesz2 ba-ur3-sze3 ku6 kun-zi 1(gesz2) 4(u)-ta
3(gesz2) ku6 sag-kesz2
ku6 sag-kesz2 ba-ur3-sze3 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3-ta
[...]
[...]
[...]-ab
mu us2-sa a-ra2 3(disz)-kam si-mu-ru-um ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Ontario 2, 343. 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 (P209608) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209608..

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