Position in chronology
KTT 081
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392716.
Transliteration
1(disz) _ansze 1(barig) 1(ban2) sze_ i-na _ban2_ ki-na-te-e _sze-ba 1(u) 7(disz) lu2-mesz_ sza _ma2 hi-a_ _giri3_ ma-szum _iti_ ni-iq-mi-im _u4 1(u) 1(disz)-kam_ li-mu ri-ig-ma-nu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 081. 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 (P392716) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392716..
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