CDLJ 2010/1 §6.05

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P393100

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393100.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[a-na] a#-szur#-du10# qi2#-[bi-ma]
um#-ma puzur4-esz18-dar#-[ma]
i-na 9(u) 3(disz) na-[ru-qa2-tim]
u3 _1(asz) gu2 1(u) ma-na [an-na_]
ku-nu-ki _sza3-ba 9(disz)_ na-[ru-qa2-tim]
mu-nu-su2-nu _4(u) 1(disz) tug2-hi-a_ [...]
sza a-na-ni / sza a [...]
isz-tu3 ha-hi-im a#?-[...]
ir-de8-a-ni / _tug2 hi#-[a_ ...]
a-szur-ma-lik [il5-qe2]
_tug2-hi-a 1(disz)_ a-na [...]
_tug2#_ a-[na ...]
[...]-lu#? _tug2-hi-a 1(disz)_ a-na# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — CDLJ 2010/1 §6.05. 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 (P393100) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393100..

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