KTT 094

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392729.

Transliteration

4(ban2) _dabin_
s,i2-di-it
ia-ta-asz2-ri-im
u3 nu-uh-mi-iszkur
2(disz) _lu2_ sza _lugal_
sza t,up-pa-tim
a-na s,e-[er] ia-szu-ub-dingir
ub-lu-nim
_iti dumu-zi_
_u4 7(disz)-kam_
li-mu a-wi-li-ia

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 094. 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 (P392729) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392729..

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