EA 229

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271131.

Transliteration

a-na lugal _en_-ia _[utu_-ia]
qi2-bi2-[ma]
um-ma ab-di-na-[...]
_ARAD2_-ka _ARAD2_ [ki-ti _lugal_]
_en_-ia _sahar-[mesz_ sza _giri3-mesz_]
_lugal#_-ri _en_-[ia _utu_-ia]
[a-na 2(disz)] _giri3#-mesz [lugal en_-ia]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — EA 229. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P271131) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271131..

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