BIN 08, 213

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212757.

Why it matters

Transliteration

3(asz@c) zu2-lum gur
3(disz) ku3 gin2-kam
lugal-kal-zi
2(asz@c) gur 2(disz) ku3 gin2 ad-da
2(barig@c) bar-kam lugal-sza3 szesz-a-ni
1(asz@c) gur 1(asz@c) gin2-kam en-lil2-la2
nin-tu
1(u@c) gur 1(u@c) ku3 gin2-kam
lugal-kal-zi
sa12-du5-kam
2(barig@c) bar-kam lu2-x-x
sagi [...]
szu-nigin2 2/3(asz@c)# [...]-x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — BIN 08, 213. 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 (P212757) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212757..

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