EA 066

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271142.

Transliteration

[a-na lugal]-ri# _en#_-[ia]
[...] ia x
[...] pa# [x]
[...] ha#-ya x
[...] yi#-na#-di-[en]
[]lugal#-ri# [_en_]-ia# pa#-ni#-[szu a-na]
_kur_-ia x di# x esz [u3]
yi#-[it]-ti-na# _x-mesz#_
i-na# qa-ti-szu# [...]
[a]-na# ma [...]
x sza _ARAD2_ x
[...] usz [...]
[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — EA 066. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P271142) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271142..

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