MysteriesUnread cuneiform: half a million tablets and the limits of SumerianArtifactsThe Abu Salabikh literary tablets (IAS), including the Kesh Temple Hymn and the Zame hymnsKesh Temple Hymn witness AbS-T 0284 (IM 070193): transcription on CDLI
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Kesh Temple Hymn witness AbS-T 0284 (IM 070193): transcription on CDLI
Not kept here. This copy isn't ours to show. See it where it's published.
Approved ATF transliteration of three obverse columns of the Early Dynastic witness, with lacunae; composite Q000751.
Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative, after Biggs 1971 and 1974. CDLI terms: transliteration freely reusable with attribution
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Transcription on cdliCuneiform Digital Library Initiative, after Biggs 1971 and 1974 · cdli.earth · CDLI terms: transliteration freely reusable with attributionPrimary source: CDLI Literary 000751, ex. 011 (P010248): Kesh Temple Hymn witness from Abu Salabikh1 step from the original
Where it is kept
Iraq Museum, Baghdad · Museum
Sources 4
- An Archaic Sumerian Version of the Kesh Temple Hymn from Tell Abū ṢalābīkhSRC
- CDLI Literary 000751, ex. 011 (P010248): Kesh Temple Hymn witness from Abu SalabikhSRC
- The Sumerian Zame Hymns from Tell Abū Ṣalābīḫ, with an appendix on the Early Dynastic colophonsSRC
- The tablets from Abu Salabikh and their provenanceSRC
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Kesh Temple Hymn witness AbS-T 0284 (IM 070193): transcription on CDLI [Copy CPY0DEDRA2YP9CP]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0DEDRA2YP9CP
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author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
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