LB 0113

~2069 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P388668

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P388668.

Why it matters

Transliteration

4(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) udu# [...]
kiszib3 sipa#-de3-ne#
ab#-ba-mu mu-kux(DU)#
4(gesz2)# 5(u)# 2(disz) udu x
giri3 x x x
x x
udu u2
iti amar-a-a-[si]
mu us2-sa si-mu-ur4-ru#-[...-ta]
iti ezem-li9-si4
mu ha-ar-szi ba-hul#-[sze3]
lu2-iri-mu i3-[dab5]
zi#-ga
ab-ba-mu
1(szar2) 2(gesz2) 3(u) 1(disz)+[n ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — LB 0113. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y26 — Harši destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: de Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, Holland (P388668) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P388668..

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