KM 89246

~2043 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235003

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235003.

Transliteration

2(gesz2) 8(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
al 5(disz) sar-ta
2(gesz2) 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
u2 hirinx(KWU318)?-na bu3-ra 1(u) 2(disz) sar-ta
a-sza3 muru13
3(u) 2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
i7 nin-ur4-ra szu-luh ak
1(u) 2(disz) gurusz u4 2(disz)-sze3
umma-ta i7 lugal-[sze3] gen-na
ugula lu2-giri17-zal
mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun
a-kal-la#
dub-sar
dumu [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — KM 89246. 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 (P235003) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235003..

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