Prag 614

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P359216

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359216.

Transliteration

1(u) 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_
ni-is-ha-su2
_diri_ sza puzur4-su2-en6#
a-na puzur4-a-szur
a-na ta-ad-mi3-iq-tim
i-di2-nu
i-li-bi4
puzur4-a-szur
1(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_
sza-du-u2-tum
i-li-bi4
puzur4-su2-en6

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 614. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359216) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359216..

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