TCL 21, 224

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P357790

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P357790.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_kiszib3_ da-da-a _dumu_ a-szur3-i-mi3-ti2
_kiszib3_ a-la2-hi-im _dumu_ a-de8-la2-at
_kiszib3_ a-szur-ma-lik _dumu_ a-hu-wa-qar
6(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ s,a-ru-pa2-am
i-s,e-er a-szur-ma-lik
en-lil2-ba-ni i-szu
isz-tu3 ha-musz-tim
sza ma-num-ba-lum2-a-szur3
ki-ma a-wa-at ka3-ri-im
s,i-ib-tam2 u2-s,a-ab2
_iti-kam_ ma-hu-ur i3-li2
li-mu-um sza qa2-te2
en-na-su2-en6 _dumu_ szu-a-szur

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — TCL 21, 224. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P357790) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P357790..

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