PBS 08/2, 180

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P263011.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 ki-szum2-ma
sza3 a-sza3 uszur3
us2-a-du a-ap-pa-tum
a-sza3 esz18-dar-dingir dumu ta-ri-bu
ki esz18-dar-dingir-ta
ib-ni-mar-tu
e-tel-pi4-nin-urta u3 dingir-szu-ba-ni-ke4
nam-ki-szum2-ma-sze3 a2 mu-iti-a-sze3
1(bur3) GAN2-ba 1(gesz2) sze gur ag2-e-de3
ib2-ta-an-e3-esz
igi e2-a-he2-gal2 nagar
igi nu-ur2-utu dumu ta-ri-bu
igi nanna-sza3-la2-su3 dub-sar
iti szu-numun-a u4 1(disz)-kam
mu sa-am-su-i-lu-na lugal gu-za bara2 gu-la ku3-sig17-ta nin-gal-ra mu-na-an-dim2-ma

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — PBS 08/2, 180. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Samsu-iluna y1 — Samsu-iluna became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P263011) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P263011..

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