KAJ 197

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P282210.

Why it matters

Transliteration

i+na hi-bur
_u4_ 2(u) 8(disz)-_kam2_
li-me asz+szur-kar-a-ni-ma
1(disz) _udu_ asz+szur-en-pap
a-na _tur-mesz_
_ur-mah-mesz_
ta#-din#
a-na la ma-sza-e
sza-t,i2-ir

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — KAJ 197. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P282210) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P282210..

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