Ontario 2, 322

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P209439

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209439.

Transliteration

2(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 ninda zi3 sig15 gur lugal
1(asz) 2(barig) 2(disz) sila3 ninda dabin
sag nig2-sag3-ga e2 nig2-lagar-ka
ba-a-mu
giri3-ni
ha-la-mu
u3 lu2-iti-da
ib2-su-su-de3
iti 8(disz) u4 1(u)-kam
iti pa5-u2-e
mu en nanna sza iti min-sze3-ta
u4 1(u) zal-la
mu si-mu-ru-um a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-sze3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Ontario 2, 322. 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 (P209439) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209439..

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