KM 89082

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P234872

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P234872.

Transliteration

1(disz)# bur# KA? [...] tug2 bar-x
geme2 1(barig) kasz? 1(disz)#
geme2 5(ban2) kasz? 3(disz)
1(disz) tug2# nig2-lam2 ab-us2-[...]
geme2 5(ban2) [...]
geme2 5(ban2)# kasz 7(disz)
1(disz) gada bar-dul5 szar3
geme2# 1(barig) kasz 1(disz)
geme2 5(ban2) kasz# 1(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz)
gada lugal
geme2# 5(ban2) kasz 1(disz)
x 5(ban2)# 3(gesz2)? 2(disz)
[...] x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — KM 89082. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (P234872) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P234872..

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