EA 307

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271042.

Transliteration

[7(disz)-szu u3] 7(disz)-[ta-a-an]
[isz]-ti-ha-hi-in
a-nu-ma a-na-s,a-ru
_iri_ sza _lugal_
sza it-ti-ia
u3 lu-u2 yi-di-me
_lugal#_ be-li2-ia
[i-nu]-ma da-an-nu
[_sa]-gaz#-mesz_
_ugu_-nu u3
[lu-u2] yi-di-me
[_lugal_] a-na _kur-[mesz_-szu]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — EA 307. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P271042) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P271042..

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