LB 0360

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P388883

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P388883.

Transliteration

1(u) 2(disz) udu!-nita2
ki lugal-ti-ra-asz2-ta
erin2 lu2 hu-bu7 e2 kuruszda-ke4
szu ba-ab-ti
mu ur-ba-ba6-da
kiszib3 nu-u3-da-gal2-la!-<sze3>
kiszib3 ur-szar2-ur3-ra ib2-ra#
mu ma2-gur8 mah ba-dim2
gu3-de2-a
ensi2
lagasz
ur-szar2-ur3-ra
dumu ur-suen
ARAD2-zu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — LB 0360. No scholarly translation has been published; 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 (P388883) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P388883..

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