Ontario 2, 392

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104776

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104776.

Transliteration

1(u) giri3-lam pesz3 1(disz)-ta
1(asz) haszhur gur
e2 al-la-gu-la
8(disz) giri3-lam pesz3 5(disz) sila3-ta
3(barig) 4(ban2) haszhur gur!
nin-lil2
2(disz) giri3-lam 5(disz) sila3-ta
2(barig) 3(ban2) haszhur
nin-ga2-gi4-a
ezem gu4-GAN2-si
sza3 nibru
zi-ga szabra
iti ses-da-gu7
mu si-mu-ru-um lu-lu-bu ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Ontario 2, 392. 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 (P104776) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104776..

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