EA 338

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271173.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[a]-na# _lugal#_ [be-li-ia]
um#-ma zi#-[... _ARAD2_-ka-ma]
a-na _giri3#-[mesz_] be#-[li-ia am-qut]
[u3 x] bi# [...]
ba-a-zi [u3] ba#
isz# x ka bi [...]
x-ma a-zi [...]
x-tu# zu# [...]
[...] mi# [...]
[x] ma#-a ki# [...]
x a [...]
x nu#
[a]-mur# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — EA 338. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P271173) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271173..

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