KTT 144

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392779.

Transliteration

1(ban2) _ninda gu_
1(ban2) _kasz dida!(|SA.U2|) sag10_
s,i2-di-it!
utu-na-s,ir
_lu2 nar#_
i-nu-ma
isz-tu
ha-la-ab
in-na-bi-tam
_iti_ a-ia-ri-im
_u4 9(disz)-kam_
li-mu iszkur-ba-ni

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 144. 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 (P392779) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392779..

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