VS 26, 079

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P358229

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P358229.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] x [...]
[...] qi2-bi-[ma]
[i]-na# pa2-ni /
[...] x aq-bi4-a-kum /
[um-ma a-na]-ku-ma / a-lik
[...] za-ki-ma
[ti2-ib-a-ma] / a-tal-kam-ma
[...]-na / sza a-na-kam
[...] u2-sza-as,-ba!-tu3
[...] _ku3-babbar_
[...]-ka3
[...]-ku-ma

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — VS 26, 079. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P358229) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P358229..

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