Ontario 2, 099

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P209554

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209554.

Transliteration

1(asz) 2(ban2) ziz2 gur
sa2-du11 amar-suen
kiszib3 a-kal-la
1(asz) 2(ban2) ziz2 gur
sa2-du11 szul-gi
kiszib3 nigar-ki-du10
ziz2 gibil
1(asz) 4(barig) gur sza3-gal udu niga
kiszib3 ur-gigir
2(barig) sa2-du11 amar-suen
kiszib3 a-kal-la
e2-kikken-ta
iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la
mu szu-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Ontario 2, 099. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y1 — Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (P209554) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209554..

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