Ontario 2, 241

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P209568

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209568.

Transliteration

sze gur lugal
a2 lu2 hun-ga2 gaba a-sza3 i3-szum2
mu szu-esz18-dar-sze3
kiszib3 lu2-kal-la
5(disz) gur bar-ta-gal2-la
szunigin sze gur
ki-su7 e2-duru5-gu-la-ta
giri3 ur-suen
iti li9-si4
mu ha-ar-szi u3 ki-masz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Ontario 2, 241. 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 (P209568) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209568..

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