Prag 800

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P359365

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359365.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[um-ma a-szur-i]-mi3-ti2-ma
[u2 ...]-x-nu-um-ma
[a-na x-x]-lim qi2-bi-ma
[...] i3-li2-a
[... x ma]-na 1(u) _gin2 ku3-babbar_
[...]-na#?-kum / _e2#_[]
[...] tim# / im-du-du
[...] s,i2#-ib-tim
[...] x isz-qu2-ul
[...]-di2?-su2
[...] x x lim
[...]-ga

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 800. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359365) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359365..

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