LB 0378

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P388901

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P388901.

Transliteration

[n]+1(asz) 4(barig) ki ARAD2-x
szu-nigin2 1(u) 4(barig) gur
sza3-bi-ta
4(barig) 4(ban2) sze
iti 1(disz)-kam iti 1(u) 2(disz)-sze3
sze-bi 1(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) gur
2(ban2) szum2-mu mu e2 szara2 <ba-du3>
szu-nigin2! 1(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) [gur ...]
x [...]
lu2-AN-EN?
dumu a?-da

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — LB 0378. 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 (P388901) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P388901..

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