EA 184

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270882.

Transliteration

[a-na _lugal en_]-ia
[_dingir_-ia _utu_]-ia#
[x x] um#-ma
[szu]-tar#-na _lu2 iri_ mu-szi-hu-ni
[x x] _lugal# en_-ia am-qu2-ut
[x x] ia#
[7(disz) u3 7(disz)] a-na _giri3_-pi2 _lugal en_-ia am-qu2-ut!
[...] _giri3_-pi2 _lugal# en#_-ia

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — EA 184. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P270882) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270882..

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