KTT 161

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392796.

Transliteration

6(asz)# _a-gar3_ 5(asz) _gur sze_
_sza3-gal 8(disz) gu4 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3-am3_
4(disz) _gu4_ 1(disz) _ab2 1(ban2)-am3_
1(u) 2(disz) _udu-nita_ 3(disz) _sila3-am3_
1(u) 7(disz) _udu-nita hi-a_
1(u) _gukkal#_ 2(disz) _sila3-am3_
sza! _e2_ ma-ri-i
_iti sze-KIN-ku5 u4 3(u)-kam_
li-mu iszkur-ba-ni

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 161. 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 (P392796) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392796..

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