AnOr 06, 069-070 06

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P361034

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P361034.

Why it matters

Transliteration

um-ma im-di2-dingir-ma [a-na]
i-di2-iszkur a-na-[ah-dingir]
u3 puzur4-esz18-dar# [qi2-bi-ma]
a-na ma-la2 te2-er-[ti2-ku-nu]
sza u2-na-hi-du-[ni-ni]
lu _tug2 hi-a_ lu _an-na_ x [...]
sza sze2-pi2-ku-nu ki-ma#
_e2-gal_-lum2 ni-is-ha#-[tim?]
i-su2-hu-ni-ma [...]
i-a-ti2 na-[... a-na _dumu_]
um-mi3-a-nim
[ke-nim pi3-iq-da-8(disz) ma lu-bi4!-il5]

Scholarly note

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

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P361034) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P361034..

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