Position in chronology
KTT 037
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392673.
Transliteration
4(disz) _udu_ ba-qu2#-um 1(disz) _udu_ hu-ra-s,a-an 1(disz) _udu_ ar#-ri2-szu#-um 1(disz) _udu_ ma#-si-'a3-an 1(disz) _udu_ ab-dum 1(disz) _udu_ ba-zu!-um i3#-ir-bu-um
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — KTT 037. 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 (P392673) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392673..
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