TCL 04, 052

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P357387

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P357387.

Why it matters

Transliteration

um-ma a-mur-dingir-ma a-na
<<a#-na>> a-szur3-du10 i-ku-pi3-a
[a]-na a-szur2-[du10 qi2-bi-ma]
[...] a [...]
[...] a-qa2?-ti2
le-zi-ba-ma
1(disz) _ma-na_ 6(disz) [...] x
e-na-be-lam
sza-asz2-[qi2]-la2-ma
szi2-im-szu _ku3-babbar_
ku-un-ka3-ma isz-ti2
a-li-ki-im pa2-nim-ma
ur-ki-ti2 sze2-bi4-la2-nim
_igi_ hu-ra-s,a-nim
_igi_ ah-sza-lim [a]-hi#-szu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — TCL 04, 052. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P357387) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P357387..

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