KAJ 209

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P282222.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(disz) _udu_ i+na _u4_ 1(u) 4(disz)-_kam2_
a-na _e2_ gu-la
a#-na# pa-ni gu-la
e#-pisz
ki-i ti-ru
sza gi-za-ia
la-a t,a-bu-ni
3(disz) _udu_ na-mur-tu
sza 3(u)-mu-szal-lim _agrig_
la-a mah-ru
3(u)-ibila-szum2
_ni-gal_ iq-t,i2-bi
ma-a ul-tu _ka2_ u2-s,i#
kal-mar-tu
li-mu 3(u)-sze-ia

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — KAJ 209. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P282222) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P282222..

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