KTP 26

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P261859

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P261859.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1/2(disz) _ma-na uruda sag10_ za-ka3-e
ub-ru asz2-qul2 1(disz) _ma-na uruda / sag10_
ag-ra-am a-gu5-ur-ma
a-di2 / ti2-tu3-ri-im
a-di2-szu-um 2(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2 an-na#_
i-di2 sza a-wi-lim la2-ga sza
[...] da-tam2
asz2-[qul2]
a-na sza ma-s,a-ra#-tim#
a-di2-in mi3-ma a-nim
ga-am-ra-am i-ra-mi3-ni-a
ag-mu-ur

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC) ?) — KTP 26. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P261859) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P261859..

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