Prag 816

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P359373

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359373.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] ik#?-ri-bi4?-a?
[...] x _uruda_
[...] x x
[...] me#? zi?-a?-ma
[te2-er]-ta#-ka3 li-li-[kam]
[...] a-mur-esz18-dar t,up-[pa2-x]
[...]-am# / sza da? ub x [...]
[ta?-asz2?]-ta-me a-ma-[kam?]
[...] x ga-ma / u2 [...]
[...] x / a-ni [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 816. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359373) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359373..

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