KM 89102

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P234890

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P234890.

Transliteration

2(asz) sze# gur
a2 lu2 hun-ga2
[a]-sza3 szum2-la2-sze3
[ki] lugal-nam-tar-re-ta
ur-gagia ha-za-num2#
szu ba-ti
iti apin-du8-a
mu# us2#-sa si-ma-[num2] ba-hul
lu2# du3#? ni#? [x] ib? USZ
ur-ga2-gi4-a?
ha-za-num2
dumu nun?-ne2?-ke4?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — KM 89102. 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 (P234890) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P234890..

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