RA 060, 119, no. 46

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P361096

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P361096.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[... x x]
_ku3-babbar ku3?-babbar_ [...]
pu-szu-ke-en6# [...]
sza-qi2-il5 _geme2#_ [...]
sza i-ku-pi2-a [...]
mi3-ma u2-la2 [...]
x su2 ri x [...]
[x] ta ha [...]
rum#?-ma a [...]
[x x] na [...]
[... x ...]
[... x ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — RA 060, 119, no. 46. 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 (P361096) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P361096..

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