CDLJ 2010/1 §6.01

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P393096

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393096.

Why it matters

Transliteration

um-ma wa-ak-lum2-ma
a-na# [ka3]-ri-im ka3-ni-isz
qi2-bi2#-ma# a-lu-um
[di2]-nam# _igi_ 2(disz) _gesz-gag-en [gal?_ i]-na ha-am-ri-im
[i-di2-in]-ma# 5(disz) a-wi-li
[...] x
u2 x [...]
a-szar e-ta#?-[...]
i-sza-qu2-[lu ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — CDLJ 2010/1 §6.01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Harvard Art Museum / Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P393096) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393096..

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