Position in chronology
BIN 08, 232
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212776.
Transliteration
[n] x [...] ur-mu# 4(asz@c) 4(barig@c) 5(disz) sila3 sa2-du11# nin-dingir nin-szubur 5(asz@c) la2 3(ban2@c) ur-su sipa udu niga
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — BIN 08, 232. 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 (P212776) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212776..
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