Position in chronology
Ontario 2, 364
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209536.
Transliteration
1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) sa gi gu-nigin2-ba 1(u) 2(disz) sa e2-bar-a kux(KWU147)-ra ki a-kal-la-ta kiszib3 [szara2-kam] mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3 szara2-kam dub-sar dumu lugal-kiri6
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Ontario 2, 364. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Year after: The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (P209536) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209536..
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