EA 340

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270839.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] ma#? _sza3?_ [...]
[...] a#-la-ki-szu#?
[...]-ki la ba2-ni-szu# _iri_
[...] _lugal_ u3 di-[x]-szu
[... _erin2]-mesz_-szu _gigir#-mesz#_ ki-i
[...] x a-ab-ba
[...] er#-pe2-ti esz-tu _an_
[...] e#? ki#? sza#? x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — EA 340. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P270839) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270839..

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