Position in chronology
Prag 631
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359232.
Transliteration
isz-tu3? x-za-um ta#? [...] 2(disz) x [x x]-zi# _tug2_ x x x [...] [a]-lim# sza# tap-hi-ri-im sza be-lim sza a-wi-lim
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 631. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359232) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359232..
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