Prag 628

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P359229

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359229.

Transliteration

6(disz) du-ul-ba-tim
sa3-he-er-tam2 u2 _i3-gesz_
a-na qa2-szi2-im
sza pu-hi-da-ar
7(disz) du-ul-ba-tim
sa3-he-er-tam2
u2 _i3-gesz_ a-na
ka3-szi2-im sza
pu-hi-da-ar
7(disz) du-ul-ba-tim
sa3-he-er-tam2
u2 _i3-gesz_ i-na
ba-ga-ri-me

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 628. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359229) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359229..

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