YOS 13, 011

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P429718.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
a-na _sa10 sze_-im
_ki_ utu
ta-ri-bu-um _dumu_ e-ri-bi-ia
_szu ba-an-ti_
_u4 buru14-sze3_ |KI.LAM| ib-ba-asz-szu-u2
a-na na-szi ka-ni-ki-szu
_iti [... u4 n-kam]
_mu_ [am-mi-... _lugal-e] ki-[lugal-gub ...]_
_kiszib3_ ta-ri-bu-[um]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — YOS 13, 011. 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 (P429718) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P429718..

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