BIN 08, 010

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221538.

Why it matters

Transliteration

5(asz@c) ku3-luh gin2
1(asz@c) ku3-babbar? gu2
1(asz@c) kur PA gu2
1(asz@c) x DIB? kur x gu2
1(asz@c) PA TAR-TAR? ku3#-ga gu2
1(asz@c) SIG7? ku3
1(asz@c) UD eme
1(asz@c) ma-na siki ud5 AG
1/3(asz@c) nu-gu
geme2?-ur-ganun?
ba-de6

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — BIN 08, 010. 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 (P221538) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221538..

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