Calendars 070, NBC 7439

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P200608

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200608.

Why it matters

Transliteration

iti amar-a-a-si sa2#?
iti sze-sag11-ku5
iti sze-il2-la
iti buru14-masz
iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2
iti ezem-li9-si4
iti szu-numun-a
iti munu4-gu7
iti ezem-dumu-zi-da
iti ezem-szul-gi
iti ezem-ba-ba6
iti mu-szu-du7
() 1(u) 2(disz)
iti gir2-su

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) ?) — Calendars 070, NBC 7439. 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 (P200608) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200608..

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