JCS 14, 014, 09

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P361051

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P361051.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(disz) 2/3(disz) _gin2_ 1(u) _sze_
da-la2-asz2
2(disz) 1/2(disz)# _gin2#_ na#-ab2#-su2#-in#
1(disz) _gin2_ 5(disz) _sze_ szu-ku-tum
1(disz) _gin2_ 1(u) _sze_ e-la2-li2
_szunigin_ 7(disz) 1/4(disz) _gin2_ 1(u) _sze_
pu-ru-sa3-um isz#-tu3#
pu-ru-sa3-am ni-ip#?-[ru]-su2#-ni [x]
[x] _ma#-na_ 6(disz) 1/3(disz) _gin2_ 2(u) _sze_
i-na ni-ka3-si2
ni-sza-kan2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — JCS 14, 014, 09. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P361051) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P361051..

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