VS 26, 162

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P358289

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P358289.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] di2? [...]
[...] ma-[na? n 1(disz)] _gin2_
[... a?-na] la-ma-si2
[... ma?]-na#? _ku3-babbar_ a-na
[...]-nu-tim 1(disz) _gin2_
[... a-na] la#-ma-sa3-tim 1(disz) _gin2#_ [...]
[...] a-na-asz2-qu2-li#? [...]
[...] _ku3-babbar_ sza e-[...]
[...] ta-ra-am-ku-[bi ...]
[... x ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — VS 26, 162. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P358289) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P358289..

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