Ontario 2, 162

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P209563

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209563.

Transliteration

2(disz) gurusz u4 7(disz)-sze3
tum-malx(TUR3)-sze3
gu4 niga lah5?-a
giri3 ensi2-ka
ugula ba-sa6
iti min-esz3
mu us2-sa a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam si-mu-ru-um lu-lu-bu ba-hul
ur-li9-si4
ensi2 umma
[ba-sa6]
sagi ARAD2-zu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Ontario 2, 162. 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 (P209563) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209563..

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