YOS 13, 008

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P429715.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_1/3(disz) ma-na 6(disz) gin2 ku3#-[babbar]_
2(disz) _ab2_
2(disz) _szah2_
1(disz) _KID_
1(disz) ku-ri-tum
sza# be-el-ti-ta-ia-ra-at
[u3] geme2-utu
_dumu-munus_ amar-utu-mu-sza-lim
e-li i-la-tu-ia
i-szu-u2
_[iti sze-sag11]-ku5 u4 3(disz)-kam_
_mu_ am#-[mi]-di#-ta-na# [...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — YOS 13, 008. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P429715) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P429715..

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