VS 26, 158

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P358285

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P358285.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] la2 a-tu3-[ar ...]
[...]-lim-ma
[i3]-li2#-asz2-ra-ni
[...] a-hu-wa-qar
[...] a-szur-du10 a-na x [...]
[u3] puzur4#?-esz18-dar qi2-bi-[ma]
[... a]-tu3#-nu ih-da#-[ma]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — VS 26, 158. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P358285) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P358285..

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