KTT 359

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392994.

Transliteration

[...] x x [...]
lu#-sza#-bi-il#-ma x [...]
u3 2(disz) _gin2 ku#-babbar-am3_ [...]
[a-na _lu2_] mu-hi-im x [...]
lu#?-ud-di-in# [...]
qa-du-um ku?-x-[...]
sa3-ra-tim ta-qa2-[ab-bi ...]
a-na _lu2_ ma?-s,a-ri# [...]
x [(x)] x [...]
id-di-in [...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 359. 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 (P392994) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392994..

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