KAJ 201

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P282214.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(disz) _udu_ i+na _e2_ 1(u)-en-pap
a-na _siskur_ sza2 kur-da-it-te
e-pisz _u4_ 1(u) 9(disz)-_kam2_
1(disz) _udu_ a-na qar-na-iszkur ta-din _u4_ 2(u)-_kam2_
1(disz) _udu_ a-na _ur-mah u4#_ 1(u)# 3(disz)#+x-_kam2_
_pap_ 3(disz) _udu-mesz_
ri-pi-tu
a-na la ma-sza-e
sza-t,i2-ir
qar-ra-a-tu
_u4_ 2(u)-_kam2_ li-mu
3(u)-sze-ia

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — KAJ 201. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P282214) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P282214..

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