RA 060, 117 MAH 19632

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P361094

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P361094.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] ig? [...]
[...] be? szu? mi3 x [...]
[...] x e ku? i ba [...]
[...] x ag lu [x ...]
[... u3] ig ti2#? [...]
[...] i i-di2-a-szur x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — RA 060, 117 MAH 19632. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (P361094) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P361094..

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