Position in chronology
KTT 007
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392648.
Transliteration
1(disz) i-ku-ur-da-gan 1(disz) na-bi#?-um# 1(disz) i-di-da#-gan 1(disz) a#-x-x 1(disz) i3-li2-e-szu-ha-u 1(disz) ia-ri-bu-um 1(disz) i-di-ka-mi#-isz# 1(disz) ia-ta-nu-um 1(disz) i#-ba-lu-um 1(u) s,il2-li2-hu-um () hi-szu-tu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — KTT 007. 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 (P392648) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392648..
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