KTT 274

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392909.

Transliteration

1(disz) [...]
1(disz) ia#-ku?-un#-[...]
1(disz) mu-usz-ta-ha-[ru-um]
1(disz) bu-nu-ma-da-gan#
1(disz) i3-li2-szi-im#-ha-ia#
1(disz) ia-asz-ta-si#-el
1(disz) la-di#-in#-da-gan
1(disz) da-[da]-an
[1(disz) x]-x-x-[x]-x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 274. 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 (P392909) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392909..

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