BIN 10, 063

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P236607

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P236607.

Transliteration

3(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2
za3-bar
sze-gin2-sze3
ki nanna-ki-ag2-ta
a-hu-du10
szu ba-an-ti
[iti] gan-gan-e3
mu en inanna masz2-e i3-pa3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — BIN 10, 063. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P236607) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P236607..

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