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: ETCSL composite transliteration and translation (c.4.80.2)
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Kesh Temple Hymn: ETCSL composite transliteration and translation (c.4.80.2)
Not kept here. This copy isn't ours to show. See it where it's published.
The Old Babylonian composite text of 134 lines in eight sections, the duplicate that makes the Abu Salabikh version readable.
Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (after Gragg 1969 and Civil). ETCSL, University of Oxford; copyright terms on the site
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Etcsl composite transliteration and translation (c.4.80.2)Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (after Gragg 1969 and Civil) · etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk · ETCSL, University of Oxford; copyright terms on the sitePrimary source: The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature: About the project2 steps 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: ETCSL composite transliteration and translation (c.4.80.2) [Copy CPY0DEDRACXN5NJ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0DEDRACXN5NJ
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author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
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