VS 26, 114

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P358255

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P358255.

Why it matters

Transliteration

ka3-ru-um s,a-he-er! _gal_
di3-nam
i-di3-in-ma
bu-za-zu
il5-we-da-ak
i-sza-a-al-ma
t,up-pi2-szu-nu
u2-ha-ru-mu-u2-ma
a-li i-ma-gu5-ru-ni
e-ta-wu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — VS 26, 114. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P358255) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P358255..

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