KTT 123

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392758.

Transliteration

1(asz) _a-gar3_ 6(asz) _gur sze sumun_
i-na _ba-ri2-ga_ ma-hi-ir-tim
szi-ib-szum
sza! ha-am-ma-iszkur
nam-ha-ar-ti
szu-ut-lu-ma-sum2-gidri
_iti_ tam-hi-ri
_u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam_
li-mu _egir_ ni-me-er-suen

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 123. 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 (P392758) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392758..

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