KTT 302

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392937.

Transliteration

4(disz)# _ansze#_ 5(ban2) _zi3-sze_
_utu-dingir_
2(disz) _ansze_ 2(ban2) i-ri-ia#?
2(disz) _ansze_ 2(ban2)? zu#?-a-ba?
2(disz) _ansze_ 5(ban2) i-ba-nu
1(disz) _ansze_ 3(ban2) ia-wi-iszkur#
3(disz) _ansze_ n _ninda_ ia-szu-ub-iszkur
5(ban2) n n _ninda#?_ ki-ki-ia
tu-ul-pa2?-ia

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 302. 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 (P392937) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392937..

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