Position in chronology
KTT 337
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392972.
Transliteration
[...] 5(disz)? [...] n _sila3 kasz us2#?_ _u4 1(u) 9(disz)#?-kam_ 1(barig) 1(ban2) n _sila3# kasz#_ a-na x-x-x-li#-im# n [...] _kasz_ a?-[na ...]-ri?-[...] [...] x
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 337. 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 (P392972) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392972..
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