OECT 12, pl. 12, A 110

~580 BCE·Neo-Babylonian·P385448

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Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P385448.

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Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — OECT 12, pl. 12, A 110. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

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Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P385448) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P385448..

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