Prag 624

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P359225

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359225.

Transliteration

1(disz) _gin2_ 1(u) 5(disz) _sze ku3-babbar_
a-du-uq-li
1(disz) la2 1/4(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_
a-qa2-nu-we
1(disz) 1/6(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_
a-sze2-na-tim
2(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) _sze ku3-babbar_
a-szi2-ka3-tim
u3 ku-li-ta-nim
1/3(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ a-na
uq-ru-a-tim

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 624. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359225) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359225..

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