KTT 078

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392713.

Transliteration

1(disz)# _munus_ ia-di-da _ba-usz2_
1(disz) _munus_ ta-za-ap-ke-el-di#
1(disz) _tur_ ki-ik-ki
1(disz) _munus-tur_ am-la-ka
1(disz) _munus-tur_ ku-un-szi-ma-tum
2(disz) _munus_ 1(disz) _tur_ 2(disz) _munus-tur_
_ba#-usz2_
_giri3#_ zi#-im#-ri#-da-gan
u3# szi#-di#-ip-ew-ri#
_iti#_ [...]
[_u4 n-kam_]
[li-mu ri]-ig#-ma#-nu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 078. 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 (P392713) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392713..

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