Ontario 2, 446

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P209607

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209607.

Transliteration

la2 1(asz) sze gur lugal
la2-ia3 su-ga
ki ur-a-szar2-ta
giri3 lugal-du11-ga-na
ur-li9-si4
szu ba-ti
iti e2-iti-6(disz)
mu a-ra2 2(disz)-[kam] kar2-har ba-[hul]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Ontario 2, 446. 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 (P209607) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209607..

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