KTT 016

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P392657

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392657.

Transliteration

1(disz) ka-la?-ma-ra-am
1(disz) su-ma-ta a-na
1(disz) a-bi-da-gan
1(disz) be-eh-lu-um
1(disz) a-hu-a-ha-ad!
1(disz) bu-nu-i-ta-ar
1(disz) sza-t,u2-pi2-el
1(disz) da-ka-a-na
1(disz) li-li-a-nu-um
1(u) ta-ri-im-sza-ki-im
si-ta-u2
e-pa2-i3-il

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — KTT 016. 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 (P392657) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392657..

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