Prag 585

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P359188

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359188.

Why it matters

Transliteration

a-na szu-a-nim qi2-bi-ma
um-ma szi2-la2-ma-si2-ma
ta-asz2-pu-ra-am
um-ma a-ta-ma _ku3-babbar_
sza ta-ad-mi3-iq-ti2-ki
puzur4-esz18-dar li-di2-na-ki-im
e-ri-szu-ma
um-ma szu-ut-ma
mi3-ma u2-la2 i-di2-in
a-hi a-ta _ku3-babbar_
sza _tug2 hi_-ti2-a
u2 sza a-mu-tim
sza na-ni-a ub-la2-ku-ni
_ku3-babbar_-pi2 i-pa2-ni-ti2-ma
sze2-bi-lam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 585. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359188) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359188..

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