Position in chronology
BIN 10, 023
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P236567.
Transliteration
1(disz) kusz gu4 1(disz) kusz masz2-gal kusz a-gar gu7-a 4(u) kusz udu siki mu2 a-gar gu7-am3 ki nanna-ma-ba-ta giri3 lu2-[inanna] gaba-ri kiszib3 nanna-ki-ag2 iti sze-sag11-ku5 [mu] us2-sa [nin]-me-an-ki szu-nir gal []inanna mu-dim2
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — BIN 10, 023. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P236567) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P236567..
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