CDLJ 2010/1 §6.07

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P393102

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393102.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] a#-du-da
[_ku3-babbar?_ s,a]-ru-pa2-am#
[x] x [...]
x sza# [...]
[x] x x [...]
[x a?]-na# a-lim x [x]
[...] al?-qa2#-a#
[...]-mi3 di2-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — CDLJ 2010/1 §6.07. 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 (P393102) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393102..

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