KTT 073

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392708.

Transliteration

[n] _ma-na ku3-[babbar]_
ma-ki#-is#
i-na# a#-la#-ak#-ti#
sza#? isz#-tu kar#-ka#-mi#-is3
mi-gir#-er3#-ra#
u3# _lu2-[mesz_] a-li-[ku-ti-szu]
[...]
x x x
[isz]-qu2#-lu#-nim
_iti sze-KIN#-ku5#_
_u4# 1(u) 5(disz)#-kam#_
li#-mu# ib#-ni#-[iszkur]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 073. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: National Museum of Syria, Raqqa, Syria (P392708) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392708..

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