KBo 09, 003

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P358327

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P358327.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(u) 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar!_
ti2-re-e i-s,e2-er
pu-ut-ka3-an!
_dumu_ ha-ar-la2-ti2 da-a-a
_dumu_ il5-ba-ni i-szu
1(disz) _ma-na_-um 1/3(disz) _ma-na_
s,i2-ib-tam u2-s,a-ab2
_iti 1(disz)-kam_ ku-zal-li
li-mu-um
sza qa2-ti2 za-a-a
_igi_ a-ta-a-a!
_dumu_ puzur2-i3-li2
_igi_ szu-esz18-dar
_dumu_ puzur2-a-na

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — KBo 09, 003. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P358327) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P358327..

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