KTT 377

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393012.

Transliteration

x x x
x x x
x x x
ki-ma# [1(disz) szu 2(disz) szu asz-pu]-ra-ku-[nu-szi]
ti-de-e# u3# a#-na# mi-nim
it-ti-<ia> at#-ta u3# a-hu-ka#
la ta-la-ka-[nim]
u3 _lu2-mesz_ sza pa-na-nu#-[um]
it-ta-la#-[ku-nim]
AB? [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 377. 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 (P393012) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393012..

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