Ontario 1, 132

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P124545

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124545.

Transliteration

2(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz) udu niga
3(gesz2) 4(u) udu niga gu4-e-us2-sa
8(disz) masz2-gal niga
1(u) 1(disz) masz2-gal niga gu4-e-us2-sa
ki i-ri-ib ensi2 lu-lu-bu-ta
giri3 nu-ur2-suen lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal
u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam
mu-kux(DU)
in-ta-e3-a
i3-dab5
iti szu-esz-sza
mu ma2-dara4-abzu en-ki-ka ba-ab-du8
6(gesz2) 2(u) 3(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Ontario 1, 132. 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 (P124545) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124545..

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