# Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative : CDLI Literary 000751, ex. 011 (P010248): Kesh Temple Hymn witness from Abu Salabikh

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# CDLI Literary 000751, ex. 011 (P010248): Kesh Temple Hymn witness from Abu Salabikh

Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative, .

**Unread cuneiform: half a million tablets and the limits of Sumerian** DatasetCopy of **[The Abu Salabikh literary tablets (IAS), including the Kesh Temple Hymn and the Zame hymns](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/artifacts/ART0DEDQRQ9Q3ZW/the-abu-salabikh-literary-tablets-ias-including-the-kesh)** 0

## What it's used for here

CDLI record for one Early Dynastic IIIa (c. 2600-2500 BC) witness of the Kesh Temple Hymn, excavation number AbS-T 0284, National Museum of Iraq IM 070193, with an approved ATF transliteration of three obverse columns and lacunae; composite Q000751, ETCSL 4.80.2. Used as the open record of an Early Dynastic literary tablet.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[The Abu Salabikh literary tablets (IAS), including the Kesh Temple Hymn and the Zame hymns](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/artifacts/ART0DEDQRQ9Q3ZW/the-abu-salabikh-literary-tablets-ias-including-the-kesh)

ART

[Kesh Temple Hymn witness AbS-T 0284 (IM 070193): transcription on CDLI](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/copies/CPY0DEDRA2YP9CP/kesh-temple-hymn-witness-abs-t-0284-im-070193-transcription)

CPY

[The Abu Salabikh Kesh Temple Hymn is readable because its Old Babylonian duplicate of eight centuries later matches it…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/evidence/EVD0DEDYS8MZGTA/the-abu-salabikh-kesh-temple-hymn-is-readable-because-its)

Evidence

EVD

[The unread cuneiform: half a million tablets and the limits of Sumerian](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

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Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (n.d.). CDLI Literary 000751, ex. 011 (P010248): Kesh Temple Hymn witness from Abu Salabikh. https://cdli.earth/P010248
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[Find it at cdli.earth](https://cdli.earth/P010248)

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