Position in chronology
Prag 834
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359389.
Transliteration
x [...] u3 x [...] sza x [...] _ku3-babbar_ u3 [s,i2-ba-su2] sza t,up-pi3-[szu] ha-ar-mu-[tim] im-di2-dingir a-na wa-ah-[szu-sza-na] a-na sza ki-[ma] szu-wa-ti2# [...] x [...] [... pi2]-la2#-ah-esz18-dar [...] ku#-na-ni-a
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 834. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359389) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359389..
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