OIP 092, 0007

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382693.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_1(disz) lim 5(disz) me 1(gesz2) 1(u) 4(disz@v) sze-bar-mesz_ kur-min2 ra-u-za-iz-za-na ha-ud-da hu-masz-sza2 ba-ir-sza2 ku-iz
_iti-mesz_ mar#-ka4-sza2-na-ma# hu-masz be-ul 2(u) 3(disz)-um!-me-na

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Achaemenid (547-331 BC)) — OIP 092, 0007. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: National Museum, Tehran, Iran (P382693) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382693..

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