EA 156

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271199.

Transliteration

a-na _lugal en_-ia _dingir_-ia utux(ERIM)#-ia
um-ma a-zi-ri _ARAD2_-ka-ma
7(disz)-szu u 7(disz)-szu a-na _giri3-mesz-en_-ia am-qut
a-nu-um-ma mi-ri-isz-tum
sza e-te-er-ri-isz
utux(ERIM) _en_-ia a-na-ku _ARAD2_-ka#
a-di da2-ri-i-ti
u3 _dumu-mesz_-ia _ARAD2_-ka#
a-nu-um-ma 2(disz) _ARAD2#?-[mesz?_]
at-ta-din _dumu-mesz_-[ia?]
u3 li-ip-pu-szu#?-[nim? gab2?-bi?]
sza i-qab2-bi _lugal#? [en?_-ia]
u3 li-wa-asz-szar-[an?-ni? _lugal?_]
i-na _kur_ a-mur-ri#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — EA 156. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P271199) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271199..

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