KTP 22

~1900 BCE·Old Assyrian·P260385

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P260385.

Why it matters

Transliteration

5/6(disz) _ma-na_
_ku3-babbar_ i-s,e2-er
iszkur-tu3#-ku-ul
u3 a-zu bu-zu-ta-a
i-szu isz-tu3
ha-mu-usz#-[tim]
2(disz) x [...]
_iti 1(disz)-kam_ a-[ma-na-im]
u2-s,u2-bu i-[na]
qa2-qa2-ad szal2-mi3-[szu-nu]
ra-ki-is
_igi_ szu-be-lim
_igi_ i-lu-us,-ra-ni

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)) — KTP 22. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P260385) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P260385..

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