KTT 072

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392707.

Transliteration

1(barig) _gur sze_ lu-uq-tu-[um]
i#-na _ban2_ ki-na-te
[sza] 1(disz) _u4_-mi-im
[i-na] sze-i-im
[sza na-asz-pa]-ki#-im# sza _gur7_
[1(disz)] ha-an-ti#-[...]
1(disz) x-x-[x]
1(disz) szu-suen
1(disz) a#-wi#-il-i3-li2
1(disz) [x-x]-an-nu
1(disz)!? hu-za-lim
_iti ma-na u4 9(disz)-kam_
li-mu ib-ni-iszkur#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 072. 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 (P392707) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392707..

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