KTT 351

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392986.

Transliteration

_ki#-gar-ra_ & ba-szi-tum & _zi-ga_
50 & 31 & 11 & 1.11 x
20#?.50 & n.40 & 16 & 1.36
21.n & 1.21 & 22 & 3.30#?.5#?
n.n & n.n & 40 & 9
x x x x [...]
x x x [...]
x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 351. 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 (P392986) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392986..

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