AnOr 06, 069-070 04

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P361033

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P361033.

Why it matters

Transliteration

szi2#-ta-la2-ma#
ku?-usz-da-ma x [...]
a-na e-na-ma-szur [...]
lu-lu / ni-sza-li-[...]
la2 i-di2 u2 ki-ma _ku3-babbar_ [...]
sza e-na-ma-szur# [i-la2-e]
mi3-isz-lu ni-[...] x [...]
a?-tu3-ra-ma a-lu-lu
[t,up]-pa2#-am er-sza-nim sza [ki-ma x]
[u2]-la2#? i-ta-mu-u2 [...]
[...] szu-a-u2-ni
[...] i-ra-de8-u2 ni [...]
[...] u2-s,a-ma [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — AnOr 06, 069-070 04. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P361033) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P361033..

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