Prag 565

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P359171

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359171.

Why it matters

Transliteration

um-ma i-ku-pi2-a-ma
a-na puzur4-esz18-dar
qi2-bi-ma a-di2-i
si2-ka3-tim
si2-ka3-tum
da-na a-di2-ni
la2 i-tu3-ra-nim
a-hi a-ta
i-nu-mi3 a-na
ha-ra-nim sze2-ru-bi-im
i-sza-pu-ru-ni
uz2-ni pi2-te2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 565. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359171) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359171..

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