Prag 500

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P359110

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359110.

Transliteration

1/3(disz) _ma-na_ 7(disz) _gin2 ku3_
i-s,e2-er
ti-na-la tu3-tu3-li
u3 ha-al-gi-a-szu
szu-la-ba-an i-szu
a-na bu-uq-la2-tim
i-sza-qu2-lu
i-qa2-qa2-ad
ke-ni-szu-nu
ra-ki-is
_igi_ ma-la2-ba
_igi_ i-ri-bi4-im

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 500. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359110) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359110..

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