VS 26, 191

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P358318

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P358318.

Why it matters

Transliteration

um-ma [x-ma a-na]
sza ki i-a-ti2 u2 i-[ku-pi2-a]
a-na i-ku-pi2-a qi2-bi-ma
i-na 7(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_
sza li-bi-ka3 _dam-gar3_-ru-um
i-szu szu-ma t,up-pu-um sza [...]
ha-ar-mu-um u2 a-na [...]
[a-na i]-ku#-pi3-a _dumu_ x-[...]
[...] bu ud

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — VS 26, 191. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P358318) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P358318..

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