Ontario 2, 165

~2072 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P209412

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209412.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(disz)? dingir-su-ba-[ni]
1(disz)? ur-dam-gal-an-ka
1(disz)? szesz-kal-la
1(disz)? lu2-szara2
1(disz)? i3-li2-isz-da-gan
1(disz)? nanna-ki-ag2
1(disz)? engar-zi
1(disz)? e2-gal-e-si
1(disz)? lu2-utu
1(disz)? igi-szara2-sze3
he2-dab5 libir
iti pa4-u2-e
mu si-mu-ru-um ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Ontario 2, 165. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y23 — Simurrum destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (P209412) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209412..

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