LB 0301

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P388829

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P388814 · ~2050 BCE

LB 2360 & LB 0285

“27 gur, 1 barig, 6 1/3 sila, 1 shekel barley, royal measure — the remaining balance (si'tum), account audited.…”

P388801 · ~2050 BCE

LB 0268

“12 plowmen — 4 gur barley (royal measure) each, its barley: 48 gur — barley loan of the plowmen, from Ur-Ašnan…”

P388795 · ~2046 BCE

LB 0262

“26 5/6 minas and 7 shekels of ordinary-quality (gi) wool, 2 barig, 2 ban, 2 sila of sesame, 3 dabatum-garments…”

P388794 · ~2050 BCE

SEL 34-36, 263 no. 01

“24 gur of barley by the royal (measure), barley loan; sealed tablet of Atu, son of Lu-gešbare, the cattle mana…”

Transliteration

2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
szu-iszkur
1(disz) sila3 nig2-u2-rum
1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ur-szu
2(disz) sila3 wa-mu
1(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 puzur4-esz18-dar
giri3 en-u2-szim-ma
1(asz) gu2? su3? ur2 x x
5(disz) sila3 lu2-inanna a-zu
giri3 a-kal-la
2(disz) DIB? ur-re-tum
zi-ga u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam
szuku ensi2
iti ezem-ba-ba6

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — LB 0301. 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 (P388829) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P388829..

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