Prag 818

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P359375

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359375.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] x [...]
[...] x sza a x [...]
i?-ku-a / a-szur3#-[...]
_dumu#_ a-szur-ni-[...]
i-szu ku-ni-[lum2 qa2-ta-tum]
_ku3-babbar#_ [...]
a-na [...]
x x [...]
x x [...]
[a]-szur-[x]-x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 818. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359375) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359375..

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