CDLJ 2010/1 §6.03

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P393098

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393098.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_1(u) ma-na 4(disz) gin2! ku3-babbar_ s,a-ru-pa2-am
sza-du-a-su2
sza-bu sza
sza-lim-a-hi-im
a-na a-szur3-ma-lik
_dumu#_ u2-s,a-ri-a
ap2#-qi2-id
_igi_ puzur4#-esz18-dar
_dumu_ a#-[szur3]-ma-lik
_igi_ i-di2#?-su2-in
_dumu_ szu-esz18-dar
_igi_ puzur4-a-na
_dumu#_ e-li-a

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — CDLJ 2010/1 §6.03. 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 (P393098) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393098..

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