Prag 673

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P359269

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359269.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[a-na] puzur4#-a-szur
[qi2-bi-ma] um-ma a-szur-ma-lik-ma
[...] x-i-la
[x x] x-a i-na
[x x]-tim / i-s,a-ab-ta
[x x] x _tug2 hi-a_
[ma-la2] iz#-ku-ni / pu-zu-ur-um
[a-na] pu-zu-ur-im
i-da2-na-ni
a-bi a-ta a-de8-e
sza _e2-gal_-lim
sza _e2_ ka3-ri-im
u2-zi-ni / pi2-te2-e

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 673. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359269) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359269..

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