Prag 817

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P359374

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359374.

Why it matters

Transliteration

a-[na ...]
tu3-ka3-al#? [...]
um-ma a-mur-esz18-dar#-[ma]
ma-s,a-ku u2 ka3-ra#?-[...]
a-na 1(u)? 1/3(disz)? _gu2 an-na#_ [...]
u2 1(disz) [n me?]-at#? ku-ta-ni# [...]
sza a-na# [a]-bi4-ka3
u2-sze2-li-a-ni
a-na [x x?] x sza [...]
x x [...]
um-[ma a]-mur-esz18-dar#-[ma]
x [...]
[... u2]-s,ur#-sza-a-szur3
[...]-ba li-qe2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — Prag 817. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P359374) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P359374..

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