Position in chronology
CDLI Literary 000482, ex. 019
Not yet translated
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The world it comes from
The Kassite kings, international diplomacy.
Transliteration
ug3# lah5-lah5-e [gissu] du10#-ga ug3-e ni2 dub2-bu en# alim mah an#-ne2 ki ag2 [geszkim]-ti#-zu ama# nin#-lil2#-la2 [ka lal3-gin7] du10# mu ka-ge du7 [sza3-ge de6]-a# dam inanna [nisaba munus ul-la] gun3#-a [munus zi dub]-sar# a2-tuku# [sa-gaz nu-mu-un-szi-ak-e] nig2-si-sa2 [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000482, ex. 019. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P268459) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P268459..
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