CDLJ 2010/1 §6.10

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P393105

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393105.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] x x x [...]
[...] x x na# al# [...]
[...] x x ta ku? [...]
[...] x sza be ka3 [...]
[...] szi x x? usz [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — CDLJ 2010/1 §6.10. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Harvard Art Museum / Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P393105) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393105..

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