TCL 04, 066

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P357401

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P357401.

Transliteration

_kiszib3_ a-szur-i-mi3-ti2 _dumu_ en-um-a-szur
_kiszib3_ a-mu-ra _dumu_ su2-ka3-li-a
_kiszib3_ wa-al-di2-lim
_dumu_ szu-be-lim
wa-al-di2-lum2 _dumu_ szu-be-lim
a-na en-na-su2-en6
_dumu_ a-szur-ni-szu
u3 me-er-e-szu
a-na mi3-ma / szu-um-szu
[u2-la2] i-tu3-ru-u2
_iti-kam_ be-el-ti2-_e2-gal_-lim
li-mu-um
en-na-su2-en6 _dumu_ szu-a-szur
ah-x-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — TCL 04, 066. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P357401) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P357401..

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