KAJ 097

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P282111.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(disz) _udu-u8_ a-di pa-ri-ti-sza
u3 bu-qu-ni-sza
sza 1(disz) u2-s,ur-en-lugal
_nu-gada_ sza ba-[...]-szi
i-na _ugu_ 1(disz) ri-isz#-[...]
_dumu_ szul-ma-nu-ur-x [...]
_szu ba-an-ti_
i-na _u4_-me e-ri-szu-szu-ni
i-dan u3 t,up-pu-szu
i-ha-pi
_iti_ hi-bur li-mu
1(disz) na-bi-um-en-pa4

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — KAJ 097. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P282111) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P282111..

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