KTT 164

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392799.

Transliteration

7(asz) 1(barig) _gur_ 5(ban2) _sze_
_sza3-gal 3(u) tur-uz_
1/2(disz) _sila3-am3_
3(u) _uz_
[4(u) 5(disz) _bad]-sze-nu#_
5(disz)# qa-qu2-u2[]
1/3(disz) _sila3-am3_
bu-ur-tum
_iti sze-KIN-ku5_
_u4 3(u)-kam_
li-mu iszkur-ba-ni

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 164. 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 (P392799) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392799..

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