BIN 08, 035

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212612.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(asz@c) bar ku3 [...]
1(asz@c) ku3 gin2 x [...]
1(asz@c) ku3 gin2 a-ga-de3#
bar ku3 gin2 szusz3-kam
ku3 |NINDA2xSZE| 1/3(disz@c) sze 2(disz)
ma2!-kam
ku3 igi-4(disz)-gal2 dub-sar-kam
bar ku3 gin3 a-kalam-e
2(asz@c) ku3 gin2
a-ba-en-lil2#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — BIN 08, 035. 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 (P212612) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212612..

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