KAJ 237

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P282249.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_udu-mesz_ sza a-na u2-ra-e mah-ru-ni
1(disz) iszkur-tu-ra#
1(disz) ARAD2-iszkur
1(disz) a-hu-szi-na#
1(disz) iszkur-mu-szum2
1(disz) 3(u)-ti-[la]
[_pap!_] 5(disz) _udu-mesz_
sza# a-na sza-ku-li#!
[ta-ad-nu-ni]
i+na# _szu#_ mu#-u2#-ta#
_szem-mesz_ a-lah2-hi-nu
mah-ru
hi-bur _u4_ 1(u) 9(disz)-_kam2_ li-mu
asz+szur-kar-a-ni
_dumu_ pa-u2-zi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — KAJ 237. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P282249) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P282249..

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