KM 89301

~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235048

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235048.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(ban2) sze-ba ur-gilgamesx(|BIL3.GA.MES|)
[...] sze lu2-szara2
[...] sze# szesz-kal-la
[...] x nir ne x
[...] szesz-a-ni
[...] x ni# [...]
sza3-gal gu4 ru? [...]
ugula# ur-gesztin-an-ka
iti <e2>-iti# 6(disz)
mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
ur-gesztin-an-[ka]
gu-za-la2
dumu ur-nin-x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — KM 89301. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Year after: The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (P235048) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235048..

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