KTT 233

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392868.

Transliteration

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u3 _iszkur-lu2-[til]_
_iti# [sze]-KIN-ku5 u4 [2(u) 7(disz)-kam]_
li-mu ri-ig-ma-[nu]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 233. 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 (P392868) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392868..

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