Position in chronology
CCT 3, 26, BM 113372
Not yet translated
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The world it comes from
Aššur the merchant city — the great trade with Anatolia.
From the same catalogue range (near P358587)
Transliteration
a-na i-ku-pi3-a qi2-bi-ma um-ma su2-e-a u3 bu-za-zu-ma 1(disz) me-at _1(u) 2(disz) tug2#_-[ba-tu3 sza!] a-na _e2-gal_-lim e-ru-bu _sza3-ba 5(disz) 1/2(disz) tug2_ ni-is-ha-tum u3 _1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ta-na-pa2-al _1(u) 1(disz) tug2_ isz-ra-tum _1(disz) tug2_ hu-lu-qa2-um _1(disz) tug2_ a-na me-er-i-ti2-ka3# [a-di2]-in# szi2-ti2 _tug2#_-ba-ti2-ka3 _9(u) 4(disz) tug2#_-[ba-tu3-ka3] iz!-ku-u2-nim
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — CCT 3, 26, BM 113372. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: British Museum, London, UK (P358587) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P358587..
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