Prag 625

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P359226

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359226.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1/3(disz) _ma-na_ 4(disz) _gin2_
_ku3-babbar_ i-na _ku3-babbar_
pa2-ni-im
sza nu-ki-ri-bi4
ip-qi2-da-ni
a-szu-mi3
ka3-la2-pi3-im
u2-s,a-hi-ru-nim
_ku3-babbar_ u2 s,i2-ba-su2
i-li-bi4-szu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 625. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359226) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359226..

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