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~250 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

ZA 006, 217

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Hellenistic (323-63 BC)) — ZA 006, 217. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

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~250 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

CT 49, 006

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Hellenistic (323-63 BC)) — CT 49, 006. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

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