KM 89192

~2043 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P234968

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P234968.

Transliteration

1(disz) udu u2
gu-la |KI.AN| a-a-e11-da
1(disz) udu kar-ra-du
1(disz) udu a-tu5-a gu-la umma
1(disz) masz2 gu-la umma a-a-ka-da
nig2-diri ezem-ma
ki a-lu5-lu5-ta
zi-ga-am3
iti e2-iti-6(disz)
mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — KM 89192. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y4 — En-unugal of Inanna installed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (P234968) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P234968..

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