BIN 08, 130

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212676.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[n ...]-na
1(barig@c) e2-e
1(barig@c) ur-szer7-da
1(barig@c) ur-pisan
1(barig@c) szesz-lu2*
1(barig@c) KA-ku3 _igi-nu-tuku*_
1(barig@c) gala*
1(barig@c) KA-ku3 _min_
_szunigin 8(asz@c) szu#*-ku6__
_sze-ba-bi_ 1(asz@c) 3(barig@c)# _gur_
szu 1(disz) _iti_
1(u@c) 6(asz@c) _sze gur_ szu 1(u) _iti_
szu-na im-hur

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — BIN 08, 130. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (P212676) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212676..

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