TCL 04, 061

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P357396

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P357396.

Why it matters

Transliteration

a-na# [...]
szu-[...]
u2 [...]
ga-[...]
qi2-[bi-ma um-ma]
szi2-ma-[...]
sza a-[...]
u2 u2 x [...]
sza s,a-al-x [...]
a-ma-la2
na-asz2-pe2-er-ti2-ma [x?]
el [...] _dumu_ u2-s,u2-ur-[...]
ne2-pu-szu 1(u) _ma-[na]_
ni-[ir]-de8-a-ku-nu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — TCL 04, 061. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P357396) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P357396..

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