RA 059, 029 no. 07

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P390548

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P390548.

Transliteration

2(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_
ku-nu-ki sza tam2-ka3-ri-im
a-na szu-be-lim
u3 da-da-a-a
ap2-qi2-id
_igi_ ba-zi-a
_dumu!_ dingir-kur-ub
_igi_ en-na-nim
_dumu_ a-bi-a
_igi_ tu3-ra-am-i3-li2
_dumu_ e-di2-na-a

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — RA 059, 029 no. 07. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (P390548) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P390548..

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