KTT 267

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392902.

Transliteration

_pisan-dub#!? ab2_
_ri#-ri-ga_
[sza?] it-ti _na-gada-mesz_
[sza?] suen-ti-ri
[_giri3_ i-lu]-na#-[ki]-ri#-[szu]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 267. 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 (P392902) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392902..

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