EA 332

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271172.

Transliteration

[a-na] _lugal# en_-<ia> _utu#_-[ia _dingir_]-ia
[_utu_ sza isz]-tu# _an#_ [sza10-me]
[um-ma ]szi-ip-t,e4-_an-[im lu2 iri_] la#-ki-sza
[_ARAD2_-ka] ip-ri# [sza _giri3-mesz_]-ka#
[_lu2_ qar-tab]-bi sza# [_ansze-kur-ra-mesz_]-ka
[...]-ka#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — EA 332. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P271172) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271172..

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