POAT 34

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P361147

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P361147.

Why it matters

Transliteration

5(disz) _tug2_ i-na-ah-[_dingir?_]
1(u) 1(disz) _tug2_ pi2-la2-ah-esz18-dar
u3 ka3-wi-a
[x] _tug2_ sza-lim-a-szur3 _dumu_ i-[...]
[... a]-szur3 [...]
5(disz) _tug2_ I [...]
1(u) _tug2_ i-di2-ku-bu-[um ...]
5(disz) _tug2_ a-szur3-ma-lik _dumu_ a-szur3-ba-ni
5(disz) _tug2_ bu-zu-ta-a
5(disz) _tug2_ e-na [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — POAT 34. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P361147) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P361147..

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