TCL 19, 012

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P357579

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P357579.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[a-na] puzur4#-a-szur qi2-bi4-ma
um-ma u2-s,u2-ur-sza-a-szur
u2 su2-e-a-ma
isz-tu3 ri-ik-sum
ka3-an-ku-ni
7(disz) _ma-na uruda_
da-tam2 iszkur-sag10
e-mu-ud-ka3-ma
la2-qe2-ep
i-na ra-mi3-ni-szu
isz-qu2-ul / a-ma-kam
szi2-im _uruda_-i-szu
_ku3-babbar_ di2-szu-um

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — TCL 19, 012. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P357579) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P357579..

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