HSS 13, 046

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P408311.

Transliteration

i-wi-isz#-ti# _dumu_ ia-ma-asz-tu3
sze-en-na-ta-ti
hu-ti-pa-pu
nu-uz-za
ki-in-ni-it-ta-an-ni
a-ka4-pu-ra
6(disz) s,u-ha-ru _usz-bar_
an-nu-tu4 ina# _szu#_-[ti]
sza ke2-li#-[pu-kur3]
na-ad-nu#
mi-nu-um-me-e#
_lu2.mesz usz-bar_ ga5-ab-bu#-[szu-nu-ti]
ri-hu-tu4 ina _szu_-ti
ke2-li-pu-kur3 na-ad#-[nu]
_na4_ ke2-li-pu-kur3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — HSS 13, 046. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P408311) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P408311..

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