EA 065

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271127.

Transliteration

[a-na _lugal_-ri _en_-ia]
[qi2]-bi2#-ma
um#-[ma] ad#-ra#-inanna _ARAD2#_-ka
a-na giri3-mesz _en_-ia 7(disz) u3 7(disz) mi-la
:" ma-aq-ta-ti u3 ka-ba-tu-ma u3 s,u2-uh-ru-ma
a-na giri3-mesz-lugal-ri _en_-ia
u3 ki-ma a-wa-ti sza-pa-ra _lugal_-ri _en_-ia
a-na ia-szi isz-tu-mu gab2-bi a-wa-ti _lugal_-ri#-ia# isz#-[te]-mu#
u3 _iri-didli-mesz lugal_-ri it-ti
u3 i-na-s,a-ru
u3 szu-szi-ru
[i]-na pa-ni _erin2-mesz_ pi2-ta#-ti#
[_lugal_]-ri _en_-ia
[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — EA 065. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P271127) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271127..

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