KTT 382

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393017.

Transliteration

a-[hi-_sag10-ga dumu-munus_ ba-ah-lu ...]
ig-mil#-[da-gan _dumu_ ha-asz ...]
_ki_ ba-ah-lu-[...] a-[bi-szi]
a-na 1(u) 1(disz) _gin2 ku3#-babbar#_ [s,ar]-pi2-it-ba#-[al-szi]
ip-t,u2-ur#-szi#
ig-mil-da-gan _dumu#_ ha-asz#-[...]
a-hi-_sag10-ga_ a-na _mu-hi-a_
da-an-na-ti
ip-t,u2-ur-szi#-ma#
u2-ba-al#-li#-it,-szi
u2-ku-[ul-tu lu-busz]-tum
a-[hi-_sag10-ga_ ...]
[isz-tu _u4_-mi an-ni-im ...]
_mu_-at? dan#-[na-ti ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 382. 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 (P393017) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393017..

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