HSS 13, 188

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P408406.

Transliteration

5(disz) ma-ti _sig4-mesz#_
sza _e2-gal_-li3
e-he2-el-te-szup _lu2_ [...]
_dumu_ ke2-el-te-e-a
a-na _ur5-ra_
il-qe3 i-na _egir_
e-bu-ri a-na#
_sag-du_-szu-ma#
u2-ta-ar
6(disz) u2-ba2-nu
_sig4-mesz_ sza-a-szu
1(disz) ma-at _sig4-mesz_-szu#
na-ni-ia _dumu_ ki-pu-kur3
a-na _ur5-ra_ il-qe3
_na4_ e-he2#-[el-te-szup]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — HSS 13, 188. 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 (P408406) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P408406..

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