KM 89021

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P234815

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P234815.

Transliteration

1(barig)# 1(ban2)#? 7(disz)# sila3 gesztin
1(barig) zu2-lum saga
zi-ga sukkal-mah
1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gesztin
nig2-mi2-us2-sa2
ki lugal-im-ru-a-ta
giri3 sza13-dub-ba
mu szu-suen lugal-e ma2-gur8-mah [...]
a2-zi-da
dub-sar
dumu [szesz]-szesz

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — KM 89021. 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 (P234815) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P234815..

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