BIN 07, 035

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P292935

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P292935.

Why it matters

Transliteration

a-na nu-ur2-suen
be-li2-ia
qi2-bi2-ma
um-ma lu2-igi-sa6-ma
i3-li2-i-di#-na#-asz
sza IA-e-em#-s,u2-um
e-pe-ru-szu# u4-hu#-ru
szu-mi-a-hi-ia
dumu UD-ri-tum
er3-ra-qu2-ra-ad#
mu-ni-ia
i3-li2-sukkal dumu ku3-dingir-ra
szu-ri-a-szu-nu-ti
e-pe-ru-szu-nu
u4-hu-ru

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — BIN 07, 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 (P292935) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P292935..

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