KTT 147

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392782.

Transliteration

3(ban2) _kasz dida!(|SA.U2|) us2_
1(disz) pa2-an _duh_
1(ban2) _zi3-kum_
a-na szi-pi2-ir 1(disz) _gigir#_
_szu-ti-a_ i-din-suen
3(ban2) _kasz dida!(|SA.U2|) us2_
1(disz)# pa2-an _duh_
1(ban2) _zi3-kum_
a-na szi-pi2-ir 1(disz) _gigir_
_szu-ti-a_ suen-dingir
_iti_ a-ia-ri-im
_u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam_
li-mu iszkur-ba-ni

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 147. 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 (P392782) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392782..

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