Prag 726

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P359306

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359306.

Why it matters

Transliteration

a-na im-di2-dingir qi2-bi-ma
um-ma ah-sza-lim#-ma#
a-sza i-di2-iszkur hu#-ur-szi2-a-szu
la2 ub-la2-ni / a-di2# eq-lim
e-ta-qi2-im# asz2#-tu3#-hu-ut
um-ma a-na-ku-ma ke-e
ba-lum2 te2-er-ti2-szu
hu-ur-szi2-a-szu / u2-sze2-tu3-qu2
[a]-di2# lu-qu2-ti2-szu
[sza a]-na#-kam / li-ba-ka3
la2 i-pa2#-ri-id
a-ma-kam i-di2-iszkur
sza-il5 / te2-er-ta-ka3
za-ku-tum isz#-ti2 i-di2-iszkur
li-li-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 726. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359306) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359306..

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