LB 0510

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P389025

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P389025.

Transliteration

1(disz) dur3 kunga2
2(disz) kunga2 3(disz) kunga2
mu sza-asz-ru-um ba-hul
6(disz) kunga2
mu si-mu-ur4-ru-um lu#-[lu]-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul
() 1(u) 3(disz)
[ki] sipa ansze ama-gan-da tusz-[a?]-ta#
[n] kunga2
[...] ur#-sa6-ga-mu x [...] x x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — LB 0510. 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 (P389025) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P389025..

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