Position in chronology
KTT 032
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392669.
Transliteration
[n a?]-tu#-du2 i-tar2#?-ba-al 2(disz) _udu_ x-x-da#-an 2(disz)# _udu_ i3-ma-ra-u#-um 2(disz) _udu_ a-ga-a# 1(disz) [_udu_] ah#-tak2-pi2-il3 [n _udu_ x]-AN-ga-an# 1(disz) _udu_ bu#-[(x)]-x-[(x)]-NI#? 1(disz)# _udu_ ar-za-x-ha#-lu 1(disz)# _udu_ u-ur-sza18-i3-u 1(disz)# _udu_ a-ab-ri2-u 1(disz) _udu_ za-al-pa2-i3#-tum s,i2#-tum#
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — KTT 032. 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 (P392669) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392669..
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