POAT 74

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P361187

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P361187.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] sza [...]
[...]-qi2-id u2 [...]
[...] _ansze#-hi_-ka3 _siki_ [...]
[...] x isz-ti2 [...]
[...] x ur-da-ni [...]
[...] 4(disz) _gin2 ku3-[babbar]_ [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — POAT 74. 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 (P361187) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P361187..

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