PBS 08/2, 254

~1800 BCE·Old Babylonian·P262068

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

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Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262068.

Transliteration

2(u) 8(disz) sar a-pil-ku-bi
2(u) 1(disz) sar nuska#-ma-lik
2(u) 1(disz) sar nuska#-a-bi
2(u) 1(disz) sar dingir-szu-ba-ni
1(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) sar ri-im-iszkur
1(u) sar a-ha-su2-nu
5(disz) sar ki 2(disz) ri-im-iszkur
szu-nigin2 1(iku) GAN2 2(u) 1/2(disz) sar a-sza3 ki-szum2-ma
sze-bi 4(asz) 6(disz) sila3 sze gur
() x#
[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — PBS 08/2, 254. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P262068) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262068..

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