KTT 292

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392927.

Transliteration

6(disz)# _munus#_ [...]
5(disz) ki-sa#-[lu-ha-tum]
1(disz) 1/3(disz) _sila3_ na-ah-mu# [...]
1(u) 5(disz) _gin2_ a-ha-[...]
1(disz) 1/2(disz) _sila3_ 5(disz) _gin2_ [...]
2(disz) _munus_ sza ne2-be2-hi-[im]
2(disz) 2/3(disz) _sila3_ na-ka-am-[tum]
2/3(disz) _sila3_ pa-ta-tum#
1(u) 5(disz) _gin2_ sze-PI-ni-ir-zi#?
1(u) 5(disz) _gin2_ ha-as-na-tum#
1(u) 5(disz) _gin2_ ta-at-ta#
1(u) 5(disz) _gin2_ ta-nu-a-tum#
4(disz) 1/3(disz) _sila3_ 6(disz) _munus_ sza _nig2?_ [...]
1(u) 5(disz) _gin2_ suen-ha-s,i2#-[ir]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 292. 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 (P392927) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392927..

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