TCL 20, 175

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P357741

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Aššur the merchant city — the great trade with Anatolia.

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Transliteration

8(disz) na-ru-qa2-tum
6(disz) [_tug2]-ta_ / ku-ta-nu
1(disz) _tug2_ lu-bu-<szu>-um 1(u) 3(disz) _tug2_ ku-ta-nu
4(disz) _tug2_ szu-ru-tum a-ha-ma dar-ku 1(disz) _tug2_ szu-ru-um
_szunigin_ 6(u) _tug2_ ku-ta-nu u3 5(disz) _tug2_
szu-ru-tum 2(u) la2 2(disz) _tug2_ ku-ta-nu
sza a-na a-szur-ta-ak-la2-ku
la2-ap2-tu3-ni i-a-ti2
i-lu-ku 4(disz) _tug2_
sza-lim-be-li / il5-qe2
3(disz) _tug2_ a-szur3-utu-szi
2(disz) _tug2_ utu-tap-pa2-i

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — TCL 20, 175. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P357741) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P357741..

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