TCL 04, 008

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P357343

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P357343.

Why it matters

Transliteration

um-ma a-szur-i-di2-ma
a-na a-szur-na-da
qi2-bi-ma
1(asz) _gu2 an-na_
sza a-la2-hi-im
szu-a-szur li-di2-na-ku-ma
1(u) _ma-na_
_ku3-babbar_ s,a-ru-pa2-am
a-na e-ti2-szu
szu2-qu2-ul-szum
ku-nu-ki sza a-lim
2(disz) szu-uq-le-en6
li-di2-a-ku-ma
isz3-te2-et
u2-su2-uq

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — TCL 04, 008. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P357343) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P357343..

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