KTT 093

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392728.

Transliteration

5(disz) _sila3 ninda_
1(ban2) _kasz us2_
1(ban2) _sze_
a-bi-iszkur
u3 1(disz) _lu2#_ tap-pu-szu
2(disz) _lu2_ ka-ar#-[ka-mi-is3]
sza isz-[tu]
ka#-ar#-ka#-[mi-is3]
[...]
il#-li-ku#
_iti# dumu-zi_
_u4 7(disz)-kam#_
li-mu a-wi-li-ia

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 093. 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 (P392728) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392728..

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