Prag 766

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P359336

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359336.

Why it matters

Transliteration

ka3-ri-im
la2 i-bi-tu3
t,ur4-da-ni-szu-nu
mi3-ma a-wa-tim
sza ka3-ni-isz
bu#-ru-usz-ha-tim
u2-la2-ma / u2-sza
sza ki-ma / ta-asz2-me-a-ni
[i]-na t,up-pi2-im
[lu-up]-ta-nim
[...] nim#
[...] u2 zu x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 766. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359336) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359336..

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