EA 183

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271053.

Transliteration

a-na _lugal en_-ia# [_dingir_-ia _]utu_-ia
qi2-bi2-ma
um-ma szu-tar-na _lu2#_
:" _iri_ mu-szi-hu-na#
_ARAD2 lugal en_-ia x x
isz-tu sza szu-pa#-[li]
up#-ri sza _giri3_-[pi2]
_lugal# en_-ia [_dingir_-ia _utu_-ia]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — EA 183. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P271053) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271053..

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