OIP 092, 0006

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382692.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_3(disz) lim bar-mesz sze-bar-mesz#_ kur-min2 su-un-ka4-na-na! kan2-ti-ra-ik-ki-mar ku-ut-ka4 ba-ir-sza2-isz
man-ma-ak-ka4 a-ak ak-ka4-ia-sze-ik-ki kan2-ti-ma zi2-ma-ia li-ik
be-ul 2(u) 2(disz)-um-me-man-na _iti-mesz_ ka4-ir-ma-ba-tasz-na a-ak tur-na-ba-zi2-isz-na ka4-ir-ba-szi-ia-isz-na _pap 3(disz) iti#-mesz#_ ha-tu-ma

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Achaemenid (547-331 BC)) — OIP 092, 0006. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: National Museum, Tehran, Iran (P382692) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382692..

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