Prag 783

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P359352

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359352.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[x ...] x hi a [...]
[x] x _ansze hi-a_ me-[tu3?]
x x x-esz18-dar x [...]
x me-ni / u2 [...]
3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ [...]
ba-ti2-iq 3(disz) ma-[na ...]
_ansze hi-a_ / i3#-li2-[...]
i-ra-de8-a-ma# / a-x [...]
szi2-im al-[...]
sza# lu-[qu2-tim?] pa2-ni-[tim]
[...] x [a-ga ni ...]
[...] x-ma a-_ku3-babbar#_ [...]
[...] x ku ni li# [...]
[...] x la2 i-sa3-hu#-[ur ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 783. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359352) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359352..

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