BIN 10, 055

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P236599

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P236599.

Transliteration

1(disz) kusz gu4
6(disz) kusz udu a-lum
6(disz) kusz masz2 gal
ki szu-esz18-dar-ta
giri3 szar-ru-[um]-ba-ni
iti diri sze-sag11-[ku5]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — BIN 10, 055. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (P236599) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P236599..

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