Position in chronology
OECT 10, 146
Not yet translated
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The world it comes from
Persian rule, the long twilight of cuneiform.
From the same catalogue range (near P385159)
Transliteration
1(u) 5(disz) _gin2 ku3#-babbar# babbar#_-u2# sza2 ina 1(disz) _gin2_ bit-qa nu-uh-hu-tu sza2! ki-i _ur5-ra 1(disz)! gin2_ _igi_-u2 ni-din-tu4-en dumu sza2 szum2-na-na3 ina na-asz2-par-tu4 szum2-na-na3 _dumu_ sza2 szum2-na-szesz _ad_-szu2 ni-din-tu4-en ina _szu-min_ |U.GUR|-u2-sze-zib _dumu_ sza2 ap-la-a _dumu_ ga-hul2 ma-hir mu-kin-nu na3-zi-uru3 _dumu_ sza2 ir3-marduk _dumu_ x-en-an-nu ki-na3-din _dumu_ sza2 m|U.GUR|-din-it, marduk-mu-du3 _dumu_ sza2 na3-it-tan-nu _dumu_ ka-nik!-ka2 tab-ne2-e-a _dumu_ sza2 ap-la-a _dumu_ ga-hul2 szu-zu-bu _umbisag dumu_ sza2 ir3-marduk _dumu en_-an-nu babilax(|DIN.TIR|) _iti sze-sag11-ku5_ _u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam2 mu 3(u) 2(disz)-kam2_ da-ri-musz _lugal#_ babilax(E) u _kur-kur_
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Achaemenid (547-331 BC)) — OECT 10, 146. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P385159) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P385159..
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