KTT 165

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392800.

Transliteration

2(u) 3(asz) _a#-[gar3]_
1(u) 1(asz) _a-[gar3]_
2(u) _a-gar3#_ [...]
a-na ne-ni-[isz ...]
1(u) 2(asz) _a-gar3_ [...]
_szu-ti-[a]_
3(disz)#!? _lu2 engar#-mesz_
_szunigin 1(disz) szu#-szi# 6(asz) a-[gar3]_
_szu-ti-a_ suen-ri#-[s,u2-szu]
sza ka-ni-ik-szu#
a-na# _nanna-igi-du#_
na-ad-nu
_iti dumu-zi u4 3(disz)-[kam]_
li-mu iszkur#-[ba-ni]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 165. 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 (P392800) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392800..

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