EA 208

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271140.

Transliteration

[...] x x [...]
a-na mu-hi#-ia u3 ma-[x]
u3 usz-szi-ir-te-szu ki-ma
u3 al-lu-u2-mi
pu-hu-ru sza-al-szu
[a]-na# _iri-didli-hi-a lugal_-ri _en_-ia
[i]-nu#-ma sza-al-mu
_iri#-didli-hi-a_-nu _lugal_-ri _en_-ia

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — EA 208. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P271140) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271140..

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