KTT 238

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392873.

Transliteration

1(disz) _ab2 ri-ri-ga#_
_na-gada_ a-bi-_iszkur_
_giri3#_ si-im-hu-ra-pi2
u3# _iszkur-lu2-til_
_iti_ ki-nu-nim
_u4# 1(u) 5(disz)-kam_
li#-mu i-ku-pi2-ia#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 238. 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 (P392873) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392873..

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