Prag 583

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P359186

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359186.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_igi_ szu-a-nim _dumu_ la2-qe2-ep
_igi_ dingir-ba-ni _dumu_ bur-a-szur
_igi_ ma-num-ki-a-szur _dumu_ szu-be-lim
um-ma sza ki-ma pu-szu-ke-en6-ma
a-na szu-ma-a-ma a-na
1(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ sza a-szur-ba!-ni
a-na pu-szu-ke-en6
[ha]-bu-lu 1(disz) 5/6(disz) _ma-na_ 6(disz) _gin2_
[_ku3]-babbar#_ i-na li-mi3-im
bu#-zu-zu# ta-asz2-qul2
um-ma szu-ma-a-ma
ke-na asz2-qul2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 583. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359186) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359186..

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