Ontario 2, 184

~2036 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P209848

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209848.

Transliteration

4(barig) 5(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 ninda saga gur
2(gesz2) 4(u) 2(asz) 3(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 ninda du gur
4(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 ninda szu gu gur
szagina ensi2
3(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) ninda du gur
nu-banda3 u4 2(disz)-kam
ki a2 u4-da
giri3 er3-szara2
kiszib3 hu-wa-wa
mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-du3
lu2-eb-gal
dub-sar
dumu ur-ge6-par4

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Ontario 2, 184. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y2 — Year after: Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (P209848) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209848..

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