VS 26, 170

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P358297

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P358297.

Why it matters

Transliteration

a-na puzur4#-[a-szur qi2-bi-ma]
um-ma il5-[we-da-ku-ma]
3(disz) _ma-na_ [...]
1(disz) _ma-na ku3-[babbar]_
i-na szi2-im [...]
szu-esz18-dar u2-sze2-[...]
_szunigin_ 4(disz) _ma-na_ [...]
ku-nu-ki-a szu-esz18-dar# [u3 ...]
na-asz2-u2-ni [...]
um-ma a-ta-ma# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — VS 26, 170. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P358297) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P358297..

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