Prag 827

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P359382

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359382.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] x x x x [...]
[... i]-na ma-qa2-at _ku3-[babbar?_]
[...]-x-u2 a-na s,i2-ib-tim# [...]
[...] x ki a ni x ta _gal_
[...] ta#? 1(disz)? _gu2?_ x x-ra-ni
[...] ansze# ma-la2 u3 sze2-ni-szu
i-li#-[...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 827. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359382) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359382..

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