AnOr 06, 069-070 10

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P361038

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P361038.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[be-su2 a-hi? ...]
dingir-ba-ni / i-na ud-[...]
il5-qe2 / 1(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2 ku3-[babbar_ u2 n _gu2_]
_uruda sag10 / ki_ dingir-ba-[ni]
4(asz) _gu2 uruda_ ma-[si2-um]
[u2 2/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_]
[1(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar ki_ / ...]
1(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar / ki#_
1(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar / ki_ a-[...]
_dumu_ ha-la2-bi4-im 2(disz) [_ma-na ku3-babbar_]
_ki_ a-la2-hi-im / _dumu#_
[...] 2/3(disz) _gin2 ku3#_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — AnOr 06, 069-070 10. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P361038) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P361038..

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