EA 334

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271065.

Transliteration

[a]-na _lugal#_-ri _en_-ia
[qi2]-bi2#-ma# um-ma
[x]-di#-ih#? x _lu2#? iri#_ zu-uh-ra
[a-nu-ma] usz#-sze#-ir
[_lugal_-ru] _en#_-ia#
[u3-s,u2-ur-me] _iri#-hi-a_
[_lugal_-ri sza] it#-ti-ka
[a-na-s,a-ru a]-di# a-s,i2
[lugal-ri] _en_-ia
[u3] lugal-ru
[li-ma]-ad _kur-mesz_-szu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — EA 334. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P271065) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271065..

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