CDLJ 2010/1 §6.06

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P393101

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393101.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[a-na] puzur4#?-a-szur qi2-bi-ma
[um-ma] wa#-qu-ur-tum-ma
[x x x] ib# um en-na!?-a-szur#
[x x]-sza-am la2-ah?-hu-ra-[ta?]
[...]-nu#-um
[...]-ni#-um
[...] _1(u) 4(disz) ma-na_
[_ku3-babbar?_ x x] _tug2_ szu-ur-bu-i-tum
[...] x tab szi2 ik?
[...] szu-ma
[...] x-ta-ma
[...] x na

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — CDLJ 2010/1 §6.06. 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 (P393101) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393101..

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