BIN 10, 135

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P236679

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P236679.

Transliteration

2(ban2) esir2 E2-A
dag-szi-ru-um-sze3
2(disz) kusz gu4 babbar
HAR gesz-bi gesz diri
ma2 iri-la-sze3
sukkal mah maszkim
giri3 puzur4-en-lil2#?
lu2 [...] x [...]
ki szu-nin-kar-ak#-ta
ba-zi
iti gu4-si-su
mu egi2-zi-an-na# masz2-e i3-pa3#
u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — BIN 10, 135. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P236679) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P236679..

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