OIP 092, 0055

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382741.

Transliteration

[n(disz)] _sze-gig!-mesz_ rap2-pi-isz-be-na-mar-ri li-ud-du ku-ut-ka4
ba-ka4-du-isz-da! du-isz-dal
kur-min2 ki-ni-mu-ur-na
be-ul 2(u) 3(disz)-um-me-na#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Achaemenid (547-331 BC)) — OIP 092, 0055. 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, P382741). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382741..

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