OIP 092, 0008

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382694.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_1(disz) lim 1(disz) me 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) sze-bar-mesz_ kur-min2 man-ia-ba-du-isz-na ba-ka4-du-isz-da du-isz-da
ba-ir-sza2-an ku-iz-za
be-ul 2(u) 5(disz)-me-na

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Achaemenid (547-331 BC)) — OIP 092, 0008. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: National Museum, Tehran, Iran (P382694) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382694..

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