RA 059, 022 no. 02

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P390543

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P390543.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1/2(disz) _ma-na_ 1(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ li-[ti2]
_sag10_ i-s,e2-er / ta-ak-sza-nu-ma-an
u3 ha-pu-a-szu _dumu_-szu u2-usz-ha-ta
sza-pi3-ru-um / u3 ha-pu-a-szu
_dumu_ ha-szu-i e-pu-lu-ni
a-na s,i2-bi4-it ni-ga-lim
i-sza-qu2-lu a-na ta-ak-sza!-nu-ma-an
u2 ha-pu-a-szu la2 a-tu3-wa-ar
_ku3-babbar_ i-qa2-qa2-ad szal2-mi3-szu-nu
u2 ke-ni-szu-nu ra-ki-is
_igi_ i-ku-nim _dumu_ utu-ba-ni
_igi_ sa2-am-szu _igi_ en-na-nim
nu-a-im _igi_ ta-li-a
sza# [su2?]-ba-ri-im
[_igi_ du10]-a-szur3 ni-a-im

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — RA 059, 022 no. 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (P390543) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P390543..

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