Fs T. Özgüç 518

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P360849

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P360849.

Why it matters

Transliteration

um-ma hu-ha-ri-ma-ta-ku-ma
a-na i-na-a qi2-bi-ma
_ku3-sig17_ sza ta-aq-bi4-a-ni
lu _1/2(disz) ma-na_ lu _1/3(disz) ma-na_
ma-la sze2-bu-lim
sze2#-bi-lam-ma / a-na
x sza x x x
[...] szu-up-ra-ma
[...] x
[x] x-na-kum#
[a]-na si2-ka3-tim
a-la2-ak ()

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Fs T. Özgüç 518. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California, USA (P360849) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P360849..

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