KM 89317

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235063

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235063.

Transliteration

2(gesz2) 4(u) gurusz# [u4] 1(disz)-sze3
kab2-[ku5 en-du8]-du?
1(gesz2) 7(disz) dur SIG7#
a2 dingir-tur-PAD-ta
ugula a-gu
kiszib3 a-szi-an
mu en eridu ba-hun
iti dumu-zi
a-szi-[an]
dumu lugal#-sa6#-[ga]
ARAD2 szara2#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — KM 89317. 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 (P235063) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235063..

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