KM 89152

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P234937

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P234937.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4 i-gi4-ha-lum
1(disz) sila4 zu-ug2-zu-ug2 nu-banda3
1(disz) gu4 8(disz) udu
1(disz) sila4 1(disz) masz2-gal
szul-gi-na-da
1(disz) sila4 puzur4?-szu-u2-da
u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam
mu-kux(DU)
ab-ba-sa6-ga
i3-dab5
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu hu-uh2-nu-ri ba-hul
1(disz) gu4 1(u) 3(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — KM 89152. 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 (P234937) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P234937..

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