Position in chronology
OIP 092, 0049
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382735.
Transliteration
3(u) mar-ri-isz _gesztin-mesz_ kur-min2 u2-sza2-ia-na bat-ti-ka4-ma-a-sza2 ir-isz#?-szu#?-ur-ra ir-da-a-sza2 an-sa-ra gal#-ma du-isz par2-nu!-ma-ti-isz ku-ti-isz uk-be-ia-tasz _eszszana_-na-ma
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Achaemenid (547-331 BC)) — OIP 092, 0049. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: OIM L— (PFAP, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA) — from Pārśa (mod. Persepolis) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P382735). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382735..
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