Position in chronology
KTT 030
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P333851.
Transliteration
1(u) 2(disz) _udu iti_ da-gan 1(disz) _udu dam-munus_ ab-du2-da-gan [n(disz)] _udu_ ab-da-an [n(disz)] _udu_ hu-tu-tum [n(disz)] _udu#_ ra-pi2-qa-u# [n(disz)] _udu_ a-bu-la-u2 2(disz) _udu_ za-am-ra-ta2-an a-am-a-di3-u s,i2-tum
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — KTT 030. 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 (P333851) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P333851..
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