KM 89300

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235047

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235047.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 2(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-[sze3]
gi ku5-ra2 [...]
a-sza3 GAN2-mah#
4(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
al ak 5(disz) sar-ta
a-sza3 nin-ur4-[ra]
a2 lu2 hun#-[ga2] 6(disz) sila3# [gur]
ugula lugal-ku3-ga-ni
kiszib3 a-a-kal-la
mu szu-suen lugal
a#-a#-[kal]-la#
dub-sar
dumu ukken-ne2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — KM 89300. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y1 — Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (P235047) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235047..

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