Position in chronology
Prag 632
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359233.
Transliteration
i-1(disz) _ma-na_ _ku3-babbar_ sza e!-um-a-szur sza i-di2-iszkur [ub-lu-ni] [ni-is]-ni-iq-szu-ma 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2_ im-t,i2
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 632. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359233) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359233..
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