KM 89077

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P234867

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P234867.

Transliteration

1(ban2) 1(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 i3-nun
7(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 ga gazi#
1(barig) 1(ban2) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 ga gal
1(ban2) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 ga#-szex(SIG7)-a
3(u) pesz3 sze-er-gu#
3(u) haszhur sze-er-gu#
2(asz) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zu2-lum gur#
4(barig) |UR2xKAL|
1(barig) 1(ban2) 8(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 gesztin had2
2(ban2) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 haszhur had2
nig2-dab5 du6-ku3 u3 nesag
lugal-nig2-lagar-e szu ba-ti#
mu en ga-esz5 ba-[hun]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — KM 89077. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (P234867) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P234867..

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