PBS 08/2, 120

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262406.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(ban2) kasz
ku3-dim2-sze3
iti szu-numun <u4> 2(u) 6(disz)-kam
mu us2-sa ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 lugal-e alan me-dim2-sza4 mu-na-dim2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — PBS 08/2, 120. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Hammurabi y2 — Year after: Hammurabi became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P262406) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262406..

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