VS 26, 077

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P333925

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P333925.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...]-ti2
[ma]-la2 te2-zi-bu lu t,up-pi2-a
asz2-ra-ma / ma-la2 ta-ma-ra-ni
i-na me-eh-ri-im / la2-pi2-ta-ma
e-na-a-szur3 / lu-ub-lam lu t,up-pi3-a
sza# a-szar u2-s,ur-sza-esz18-dar
[tu3]-sze2-s,a-a-ni / lu u2-tu3-ub-tam2
[ma-la2] qa2-at-ku-nu / i-ka3-szu-du
[a-na] hu#-ur-szi2-im / isz-te2-en6
[... a]-szar / a-tu3-e
[...] x sze2-ri-ba-ma
[...] ku-nu-ki-ku-nu a-tu3-[e]
[...] te2-er-tak2-nu [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — VS 26, 077. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P333925) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P333925..

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