KM 89196

~2043 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P234971

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P234971.

Transliteration

6(disz) szah2 niga sza3-gal u4 1(disz)-bi 1(ban2) 8(disz) sila3-ta
iti 4(disz) u4 2(u) 2(disz)-sze3
sze-bi 8(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur-ta
iti e2-iti-6(disz)-ta
iti dumu-zi u4 2(u) 2(disz)-sze3
ki e2-gal-e-si-ta
kiszib3 ur-e11-e
giri3 lu2-da#-ga#
mu en#-unu6#-gal inanna ba#-hun
ur-[e11-e]
dub-[sar]
dumu ur#-[nigar]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — KM 89196. 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 (P234971) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P234971..

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