Ontario 2, 462

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P209826

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209826.

Transliteration

2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda szu-iszkur
1(disz) nig2-u2-rum
3(disz) li-bur-szul-gi dub-sar
3(disz) ur-gi7
1(disz) puzur4-esz18-dar
1(disz) ad6? udu ur-re ib2-dab5
1/2(disz) udu e2-kas4
1(disz) udu elam u3 asz-gi4-sze3
2(disz) sila3 lu2-utu maszkim
zi-ga u4 2(u) 9(disz)-kam
sza3 ensi2
iti ezem-szu-en3?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Ontario 2, 462. 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 (P209826) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209826..

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