LB 2360 & LB 0285

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P388814

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P388814.

Transliteration

2(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) 6(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 1(disz) gin2 sze gur lugal
KU si-i3-tum nig2-ka9 ak#
ur-ba-ba6
dumu ur-i7-edin-na
mu us2-sa si-mu-ur4-ru-um lu#-lu#-bu# a#-ra2 [...]
2(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) 6(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 1(disz) gin2 sze gur lugal
KU si-i3-tum nig2-ka9 ak
kiszib3 ur-ba-ba6 dumu ur-i7-edin-na
mu us2-sa si-mu-ur4-ru-um lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul
[ur]-ba-ba6
[dub]-sar
[dumu] ur-i7-edin-[na]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — LB 2360 & LB 0285. 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 (P388814) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P388814..

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