KTT 041

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P392677

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392677.

Transliteration

[n] _udu_ ka3-pi2-la2-ri2-im
[n] _udu mah2_ da-ni-il3
[n] _udu tur_ si-im-a#-li-u-um#
5(disz)# _udu_ a-aq#-bi-u-um#
n _udu_ a-ri2#-szum!(TIM)
[n] _udu_ me-ri2-me-il3
[i3]-ir-bu-um

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — KTT 041. 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 (P392677) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392677..

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