HSS 13, 085

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P408342.

Transliteration

2(disz) li-im _gi.mesz_
szu-ku-de4
isz-tu e2-kal2-li3
u3 wi-ir-ra-ah-[he2]
a#-szar ir-wi-_lugal#_
[]_gar#-e2_
[_na4_ wi]-ir#-ra-ah#-he2#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — HSS 13, 085. 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 (P408342) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P408342..

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