Prag 802

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P359366

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359366.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[... _gin2_ ...]
[... n 2(disz)] _gu2_ 4(u) 1(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-[na]_
[...]-ma# 1(u) _gin2-ta_ 1(u) _ma-na_ x
[...] / i-na szi2-ta
[i]-le-en ku-nu-ki
[sza a]-lim# isz-te2-at a-na
[x] di2-in-ma
[... x ma]-na# 1(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_
[...] ta#?-am
[...]-am / ap2-t,ur4-ma
[...] 1/2(disz) _ma-na_ i-li-kam
[x _gin2]-ta ku3-babbar_-ap2-szu
[x ma]-na# 1(disz) _gin2 szunigin_ 2(u) 4(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ [1(u) _gin2_]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 802. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359366) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359366..

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