POAT 63

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P361176

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P361176.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] _gin2 ku3-sig17_ [...]
la2 [ba] szu kam [...]
sza a-mu-tim [...]
du-di2-[na]-tim [...]
du!-di2-[na]-tu [...]
sza a x x [...]
na-ah-la2-<ap2>-[tu ...]
4(disz) na-[ru]-qa2!-[tim? ...]
[sza] u2-nu-tim# [...]
8(disz) ta!-<ma>-la2-[gi5? ...]
ta-ma-la2 [...]
i x ni [...]
i-pa2-ni-[im? ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — POAT 63. 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 (P361176) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P361176..

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