VS 26, 080

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P358230

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P358230.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[sza ...]
is,-ba-ta#-[...]
a-wa-at ki [...]
i-na-sa3 be2-[ti2-x]
di2-in _ku3-babbar_ [...]
7(disz) dingir-a-a-[nu ...]
di2-ni i-di2-[nu ...]
tal-qe2 u2 [...]
t,up-pa2-am# [...]
[...]-ni

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — VS 26, 080. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P358230) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P358230..

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