EA 177

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271126.

Transliteration

a-na _lugal en_-ia _dingir_-ia _utu_-ia
um-ma yu-mi-u2-ta _lu2 kur_ gud-da-szu-na
_ARAD2 lugal en_-ia
a-na up-ri _giri3_-pi2 _lugal en_-ia
7(disz) u3 7(disz) am-qu2-ut
li-di-mi _lugal# [en_]-ia
a-na _kur-mesz_-szu x x
u3 _lu2-mesz#_ ma#-[s,a-ar-ti]
u3 bi#
_kur-[mesz_-szu]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — EA 177. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P271126) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271126..

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