HSS 14, 098

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P408703.

Transliteration

_5(disz) banszur_ n [is-qu2-qu2 a-na pa-ni] _lugal_
_6(disz) ki-min_ 8(disz) is-qu2-[qu2 a-na _tur-tur-mesz_]
_6(disz) ki-min_ 6(disz) is-qu2-qu2# [...] x
_8(disz) ki-min_ 4(disz) is-qu2-qu2 a#-[na na-ap]-ta#-na
_1(disz) ki-min_ 1(disz) is-qu2-qu2 a-na# [mar]-ki#
_5(disz) ki-min_ 2(disz) is-qu2-qu2 a-na [...] x
_2(disz) ki-min_ a-na a-ka4-ri-[we]
_1(disz) ki-min_ a-na nu-a-ra-ti
1(disz)
_[n] ki-min_ a-na# sza-szu-te#-[szub]
_[n ki]-min#_ a-na# x-il [...]
[... is]-qu2#-qu2# a-na pur-ni#-[hu]
[n] is#-qu2#-qu2# a-na ka4-zi-ta#-[asz-sze]
[n] is#-qu2#-qu2 a-na ke2-el-tuh#-[le] : sza _munus-lugal_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — HSS 14, 098. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P408703) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P408703..

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