VS 26, 163

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P358290

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P358290.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] ki ga x [...]
[...] asz2? ki-tim [...]
[...] x mi3-ma x [...]
[...] x-mi3 / sza [...]
[...] x be-ni x [...]
[... x]-ku-bi4 / i-[...]
[...] x i-na# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — VS 26, 163. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P358290) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P358290..

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