Position in chronology
BIN 08, 053
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212622.
Transliteration
1(u) ku3 gin2 ama-bara2-ge 2(disz@t) 1/2(disz) sze gur 7(disz) 1/2(disz) ku3 gin2-bi 3(disz@t) ku3 gin2 AN-E2! 1(disz@t) aszte2 1(disz@t) ku3 gin2-bi 4(disz@t) ku3 gin2 lugal-ad!-pa-e3 ba-de6
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — BIN 08, 053. 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 (P212622) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212622..
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