Prag 781

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P359350

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359350.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[... i]-ba#-szi2-u2
[...]-ki-ir-ma
[...]-tu3 i-pa2-te2
[...]-ta-ni-a i-ba-szi2-u2
[...]-ma ta-mi3-ig-ru
[...] puzur4-esz18-dar
[... lu]-up#?-ta-ma isz-ti2
[...] x u3 a-szur-du10
[... lu]-sze2-ri-bu-nim
[... i-ba]-szi2#-u2
[... u3] te2-er-ta-ka3
[li-li-kam]
[... i]-hi#-id-ma
[...] x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 781. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359350) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359350..

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