Ontario 2, 141

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P209763

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209763.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(u) 5(disz) sar sahar zi-ga
me-nisaba lukur lugal
kin til-la-am3
sza3 i7 ma-ma-szar-ra
giri3 ku-lu-a-ti lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal
u3 i-la-ak-szu-qir dub-sar
mu i-bi2-suen lugal
i-la-ak-szu-qir
dumu ur-kiri6
dub-sar

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Ontario 2, 141. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ibbi-Suen y1 — Ibbi-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (P209763) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209763..

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