KAJ 199

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P282212.

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Transliteration

[1(disz)] _udu#_ i-na _u4_ 1(u) 1(disz)-_kam2_
a#-na pa-an 3(u) e#-pisz#
[1(disz)] a-na pi-i qup?-pat? _ka2_
sza pi na-me-re
ip-te-u2-ni
e-pisz
[1(disz)] _udu#_ a-na _tur-mesz ur-mah_
ta-din
[n] 2(disz) _udu-nita2-mesz_
[ri]-pi-tu#
[sza ]bu#-s,a
[a-na] la# ma#-sza-e
[sza]-t,i2-ir
[s,i]-pu _u4_ 1(u) 2(disz)-_kam2_
[li-mu] 3(u)-sze-ia

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — KAJ 199. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P282212) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P282212..

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