TCL 20, 154

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P357720

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P357720.

Transliteration

<x> _tug2 sag10_ i-sza
sze2-pi2-a a-di2-i
5(disz) _tug2-ta_ ur-ka3-num
isz-tap-ku-ma 4(u) 5(disz) _tug2_
qa2-at-ka3 a-di2-i
a-di2-ni a-_ku3-babbar_
la2 ta-u2-ru
_sza3-ba_ 7(disz) _tug2_ me-ra-ka3
i-di2-nam
9(disz) _tug2_ ka3-s,a-ar
esz18-dar-pi2-la2-ah
i-di2-nam szi2-ti2 _tug2#_-[ba-ti2-a]
9(disz) _tug2_ i-li-bi4-ka3
i-na e-la2 _tug2#_-[ba-ti2-szu]
a-la2-qe2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — TCL 20, 154. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P357720) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P357720..

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