Position in chronology
KTT 036
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392672.
Transliteration
1(disz) _udu_ a-sa3-dan mi3-il3-ki-li-il3 x-ra-a-an 1(disz) _udu_ s,i2-li 1(disz) _udu tur_ a-da-ma-an# i3-ir-bu-um
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — KTT 036. 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 (P392672) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392672..
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