KTT 039

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P392675

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392675.

Transliteration

1(disz)# _udu_ ma-al-kum
1(disz) _udu_ x-a-ba-al
1(disz) _udu#_ ra#-bi-u#-um#
1(disz)# _udu_ ka3-pi2#-la2#-ri2-im
2(disz) _udu_ me-ri2-me-il3#
i3-ir-bu-um#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — KTT 039. 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 (P392675) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392675..

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