Ontario 2, 180

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P332954

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332954.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 2(asz) 2(barig) sze [numun gur lugal]
bar-ta-gal2-la
giri3 lu2-gi-na
9(asz) gur a2 lu2 hun-ga2
kiszib3 ur-dun
1(asz) sze <gur> szuku gurusz kiszib3 i7-pa-e3
3(barig) sze-numun kiszib3 ur-gigir
dumu ur-kal-la
2(barig) a2 lu2 hun-ga2
kiszib3 da-du
2(barig) sze sukur kiszib3 a-kal-la dumu utu-mu
kiszib3 a-kal-la nu-ba

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Ontario 2, 180. 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 (P332954) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332954..

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