Prag 843

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P359396

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359396.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_dingir_-ma# [...]
u2-s,a-a-am [...]
qa2-at-ka3 [...]
il5-qe2-ma / [...]
u2-sze2-bi4-[...]
isz-a-ma [...]
ga [...]
[...] x [qa2-bi-da-ni ...]
[a-na] qa2#-ti2-a / la2 ma-qi2-it [_ku3-babbar_]
[ku-un]-ka3#-ma / sze2-bi-la2-nim lu _an#-na_ lu [_tug2 hi-a_]
[a-na _ku3]-babbar_ ta-e-ra-ma puzur2-esz18-dar / lu#-[ub-lam]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 843. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359396) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359396..

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