Prag 615

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P368347

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P368347.

Transliteration

[9(disz) _ma-na uruda_ szi2-kam]
i-s,e2-er / szu-li
al-be2-li / i-szu
isz-tu3 ha-mu-usz-tim
sza pi3-la2-ah-a-szur3
a-na 1(u) _ma-na_-im
1/2(disz) _ma-na-ta_
i-_iti-kam_ s,i2-ib-tam2
u2-s,a-ab2
a-szar / i-na-mu-ru-ni#
_uruda_ u2 s,i2-ba-ti2-szu
i-sza-qal
_igi_ zu-mu-a
_igi_ mar-tu-ba-ni

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 615. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P368347) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P368347..

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