Prag 618

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P359219

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359219.

Transliteration

1(u) 1(disz) 1/4(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_
i-li-bi
ha-di2-tim / e-ri-ri-a
i-szu a-na _iti 3(disz)-kam_
ta-sza-qal
_igi_ ma-s,i2-i3-li2
_igi_ ma-sa3-a
_igi_ szu-ma-bi4-a
_igi_ a-bu-sza-lim
_igi_ szi2-mi3-isz-me-i
a-na 2(disz) na-ru-uq
sze-am a-na
um-mi3-na-ra
u2! ha-di2-tim
la2 i-tu3-wa-ar

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 618. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359219) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359219..

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