POAT 39

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P361152

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P361152.

Why it matters

Transliteration

um-ma a-szur-i-di2-ma
a-na a-szur-na-da
qi2-bi4-ma 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_
i-na e-ra-bi4-szu-ma
as2-qu2-di2-a sza-asz2-qi2-il5-ma
isz-ti2 szi2-im
_ansze_ ku-nu-uk-ma
i-pa2-ni-e-ma
sze2-bi4-lam
1(disz) _tug2_ ku-ta-nu-um
i-t,u3-pi3-it
la2 la2-pi3-it
sza a-szur-ta-ak-la2-ku
as2-qu2-di2-a-ma
na-asz2-a-kum

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — POAT 39. 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 (P361152) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P361152..

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