VS 26, 106

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P358252

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P358252.

Why it matters

Transliteration

szu-be2-lam
as,-ba-at-ma
um-ma a-na-ku-ma
_an-na_ sza a-szu-mi3
lu-lu a-pu-lu-ka3
la2 sza-bu-a-ti2
um-ma szu-ut-ma
sza-bu-a-ku
_igi_ en-um-a-szur
_dumu_ su2-ka3-li2-a
_igi_ dan-a-szur3
_dumu_ sza-lim-a-hi-im

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — VS 26, 106. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P358252) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P358252..

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