KM 89144

~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P234929

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P234929.

Transliteration

5(disz) masz2 sila4
ki ur-mes-ta
ur3#-re-ba-du7
i3-dab5
iti# ezem#-nin#-a#-zu#
su-su-dam
mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba#-du3
ur3#-re#-ba#-du7#
dub-sar
dumu [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — KM 89144. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Year after: The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (P234929) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P234929..

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