Position in chronology
OIP 092, 0021
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382707.
Transliteration
_1(disz) me_ 1(gesz2) 3(u) _sze-bar-mesz_ kur-min2 par2-me-uk-ka4-na zap-pi ku-ut-ik har-ri-u-na du-isz-da na-asz2!
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Achaemenid (547-331 BC)) — OIP 092, 0021. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: PFAP, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P382707) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382707..
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