LB 0064

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P388626

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P388646 · ~2270 BCE

LB 0089

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P388599 · ~2270 BCE

LB 0024

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LB 0023

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P388590 · ~2270 BCE

LB 0014

“obv. 1. [n]+10 full-grown pigs, 2. 35 piglets, 3. [...] ... ...-a(?) [...], 4. 90 pigs [...], (break) 5. Total…”

Transliteration

4(ban2) 8(disz) kasz sig5
2(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) 8(disz) kasz du gur
2(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 8(disz) ninda szu gur
1(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 8(disz) ninda du gur
lu2 hu-uh2-nu-ri
3(barig) 3(ban2) sig5 ur-sa6-ga?
1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sig5 3(barig) du
nansze-kam
sza3 e2-gal
szu-nigin2 4(barig) 1(ban2) sig5 3(barig) 2(ban2) du
iti amar-a-a-si u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam
mu# ma2 dara3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — LB 0064. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: de Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, Holland (P388626) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P388626..

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