KM 89302

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235049

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235049.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 1(u) 9(asz) 1(barig) ziz2 gur
kiszib3 ur-suen
2(asz) [x] x gur
kiszib3 ku3-[nin]-ur4-ra
5(asz) [...]-na
x [...] gur
ki du6 ka-ma-ri2-ta
mu si-ma-num2 ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — KM 89302. 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 (P235049) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235049..

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