KTT 182

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392817.

Transliteration

3(asz) _gur_ 5(ban2) 1(disz) _sila3 ninda_
_szuku_ 1(disz) me-at 2(u) 5(disz) _lu2_
ki-na-te-e
_sza3-ba 2(u) 5(disz) lu2_
sza 2(disz) _sila3-ta-am3#_
sza i-ba-a-lum
u2-sza-ka-lu
_iti_ e-bu-ri-im
_u4 9(disz)-kam_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 182. 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 (P392817) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392817..

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