AnOr 06, 069-070 05

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P390542

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P390542.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_kiszib3#_ szu-isz-ha-ra _dumu_ i-di2-ku-bi4-im
[_kiszib3_] i-di2-a-bi-im
[_dumu_ a]-szur#-du10 pu-szu-ke-en6
[bu-za]-zu tap-pa2-i-ni
[in-bi]-esz18-dar _dumu_ si2-in-isz-me-a-ni
[a-na a-szur]-ma-lik _dumu_ ku-ra-ra
[is,-ba-at]-ni#-a-ti2-ma
[um-ma szu?-esz18-dar]-ma# a-na a-szur-ma-lik-ma
[... _ku3?]-babbar?_ isz-tu3
[...] x e-la2 i-pi2
[...] x a-ha-ma
[...] um# il5-qe2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — AnOr 06, 069-070 05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P390542) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P390542..

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